Rampokan

Set in 1940s Indonesia during the struggle for independence, Rampokan is a two-issue historical drama from German publisher avant-verlag, written by Jan Kruse and Peter van Dongen, with van Dongen also handling the art. The series explores the complex, often violent clash between Dutch colonial forces and Indonesian nationalists through a personal, character-driven lens. Notable for its meticulous research and evocative, cinematic black-and-white artwork, it brings a little-examined chapter of post-war decolonization to a European comics audience.