Nichts ist einfach

Jean-Jacques Sempé's Nichts ist einfach, a single-issue comic published by Diogenes Verlag in 1968, distills the artist's signature blend of whimsy and gentle melancholy into a wordless or near-wordless meditation on life's small absurdities. Associated almost entirely with Sempé's delicate, ink-wash linework, this standalone volume captures the quiet, often humorous struggle of navigating everyday frustrations—a theme that would resonate through his later work. Though brief, it stands as a charming, self-contained snapshot of the creator's observational genius.