Tendre Violette

In the early 1980s, Casterman published Tendre Violette, a three-issue series by writer-artist Jean-Claude Servais. This intimate, rural drama follows a young woman navigating love and loss in the Belgian countryside, rendered in Servais's delicate, naturalistic style. Though brief, the series stands as a quiet, influential example of European realist comics, showcasing Servais's gift for capturing emotional nuance and the passage of time in a pastoral setting.