Brüsel

In the fifth volume of the Obscure Cities series, François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters turn their speculative gaze to Brüsel, a gleaming, soulless metropolis built on a relentless march toward progress. Published by Egmont Ehapa in 1993, this single-volume story follows an idealistic florist whose small shop stands in the path of a massive urban renewal project. Through its stunning architectural art deco style and quiet, human-scale tragedy, Brüsel offers a poignant critique of modernization and the loss of history, cementing its place as a key entry in one of comics' most celebrated city-building sagas.