Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days

A haunting, wordless graphic novel from Fantagraphics, Al Columbia's Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days is a single, densely packed issue that distills the artist's signature blend of grotesque cartooning and eerie, silent-film-era atmosphere. Released in 2009, it follows the surreal and often violent misadventures of its titular characters through a fever dream of vintage animation and horror. Columbia's meticulous, ink-heavy art and unsettling narrative fragments have made this a cult touchstone for fans of avant-garde and outsider comics.