Rembetiko

Set against the gritty, smoky backdrop of 1930s Greece, Rembetiko is a graphic novel that breathes life into the outlawed music and subculture of the rebetiko. Created by French artist David Prudhomme, this single volume from Reprodukt captures a night of music, hashish, and defiance among the marginalized musicians of Piraeus. With a loose, expressive line and a deep understanding of the era's atmosphere, Prudhomme (co-scripted with Ulrich Pröfrock) crafts a lyrical, almost wordless narrative that pulses with the rhythm of the bouzouki. It stands as a poignant, humanist tribute to a vital but suppressed chapter of Greek cultural history.