Pyongyang

Guy Delisle's Pyongyang is a single-volume graphic travelogue from France's L'Association, first published in 2003. Based on the author's own stint working in North Korea's capital, it offers a quietly observant, deadpan account of daily life under a tightly controlled regime. Delisle's clean, uncluttered line art perfectly complements his detached, often wry narration, making this a landmark work of autobiographical comics and a uniquely understated portrait of isolation and bureaucracy.