Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China

Guy Delisle shifts his acclaimed travelogue style to China's industrial heartland in this 2006 graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly. With his trademark deadpan humor and keen eye for cultural dislocation, Delisle documents the surreal experience of a Western animator overseeing a studio in Shenzhen, capturing the city's relentless construction, factory life, and the quiet absurdities of daily existence. A single, self-contained volume, it stands as a sharp, humanizing portrait of globalization's front lines.