Cheri-Bibi

A German-language graphic novel adaptation of Gaston Leroux's classic French novel, this 2009 one-shot from Splitter Verlag brings the tragic tale of the disfigured convict Cheri-Bibi to comics. Created by artist and writer team associated with the publisher's literary adaptations, the volume distills the original story's themes of injustice, identity, and redemption into a single, self-contained issue. It matters as a concise, faithful European comics take on a lesser-known work by the author of The Phantom of the Opera.