Blood of the Virgin

Sammy Harkham's Blood of the Virgin, published by Reprodukt from 2023 onward, is a single-issue comic that follows a struggling filmmaker in 1970s Los Angeles as he navigates the grind of low-budget genre movies. Harkham, the series' primary artist, brings his signature dense, expressive linework to this period piece, exploring the collision of artistic ambition and commercial compromise. It matters as a focused, self-contained work from a celebrated cartoonist, distilling the tension between craft and commerce into a single, potent narrative.