Rebuilding Story Worlds: The Obscure Cities by Schuiten and Peeters

A critical study from Rutgers University Press (2020), this single-issue work examines the long-running, architecturally surreal Obscure Cities series by the Belgian duo François Schuiten (artist) and Benoît Peeters (writer). It explores how their fantastical, meticulously built worlds function as narrative devices, offering insight into the creators' collaborative process and the series' unique place in European comics.