The Lost Penguin of Elephant Island

Zander Cannon’s The Lost Penguin of Elephant Island (2006–present) is a singular, one-issue comic that blends gentle absurdity with a quiet sense of adventure. Published as a standalone work, Cannon both writes and illustrates the story, which follows a lone penguin’s misadventures on a remote Antarctic island. Its charm lies in Cannon’s expressive cartooning and the simple, poignant humor of a creature utterly out of its element.