Shenzhen

Guy Delisle’s Shenzhen is a travelogue comic from Reprodukt, originally published in 2006, that captures the author’s three-month stay in the Chinese manufacturing hub. Through Delisle’s signature deadpan, observational style—both writing and drawing—the book offers a quiet, wryly humorous look at cultural dislocation, corporate life, and the surreal rhythms of a city in constant construction. It stands as a key early work in Delisle’s acclaimed series of autobiographical travel comics, establishing the tone and approach he would refine in later books like Pyongyang.