Tamara Drewe

Posy Simmonds, celebrated for her keen social observation, adapts her own acclaimed graphic novel into this single-issue Dutch-language edition from De Harmonie and Vrijdag. Published in 2009, the story brings Simmonds's signature blend of literary wit and sharp, expressive linework to a modern reimagining of Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd, set in the English countryside. With script co-credited to Pieter van Oudheusden, this volume captures the tangled romantic ambitions and journalistic mischief of its title character, offering a compact yet complete entry point into Simmonds's sophisticated, novelistic approach to comics.