Histoire d'O

An unfinished French graphic novel adaptation of Pauline Réage's controversial novel, Histoire d'O was launched by Delcourt in 1982. The project, intended as a single volume, was helmed by writer/artist Étienne Le Roux, who brought a stark, elegant visual style to the story of a woman's consensual journey into a secret world of erotic submission. Though only one issue was ever published, it remains a notable artifact of European adult comics, distinguished by its high-art ambitions and its fidelity to the source material's complex, provocative themes. Its limited, standalone release has made it a sought-after piece for collectors of Franco-Belgian graphic literature.