Block 109

In 2013, the Belgian publisher Saga Uitgaven launched Block 109, a gritty war series written by Vincent Brugeas and illustrated by Ronan Toulhoat. The seven-issue run follows a squad of French paratroopers during the First Indochina War, focusing on the brutal siege of a remote outpost. Brugeas and Toulhoat’s collaboration brings a stark, visceral realism to a lesser-covered conflict in comics, earning the series a reputation for its unflinching historical detail.