Baby’s in black – The Story of Astrid Kirchherr & Stuart Sutcliffe #[nn]

Two pale, dark-eyed figures — a young man and a young woman — gaze out from a stark black background on Arne Bellstorf's cover for this 2010 Reprodukt graphic novel, their closeness suggesting both intimacy and quiet melancholy. The bold, hand-lettered title sweeps across the image in brushstroke-style type, immediately establishing the book's moody, art-house sensibility. Bellstorf handles every creative role himself — writing, drawing, inking, and lettering — crafting a love story set against the early-1960s Hamburg scene that feels personal and unhurried from the very first glance.