Shanghai

In the early 2010s, Splitter Verlag published Shanghai, a three-issue comic series written primarily by Mathieu Mariolle and Tanja Krämling. Set against the backdrop of a vibrant, fictionalized 1930s Shanghai, the story blends noir intrigue with the city’s exotic allure, focusing on a complex web of crime, espionage, and personal vendettas. While brief, its atmospheric art and layered plotting mark it as a notable European graphic novel that captures the era’s cinematic tension.