Sarajevo Tango

In a departure from his celebrated westerns, Belgian comics master Hermann wrote and illustrated this single, standalone graphic novel for Dupuis, published in 1995. Sarajevo Tango is a stark, politically charged thriller set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War, following a French photographer caught in the siege of Sarajevo. The book is notable for Hermann's shift into contemporary conflict, using his signature expressive ligne claire style to depict the brutality and moral complexity of modern warfare. It stands as a powerful, self-contained work from a legendary European cartoonist, exploring the human cost of a very real, recent tragedy.