IJzeltje

In the Dutch-language comic IJzeltje (2023–present, Lauwert), writer Éric Corbeyran and artist Riad Sattouf—along with Studio K.—launch a surreal, three-issue series that blends deadpan humor with a quietly unsettling atmosphere. Set in a nameless, ice-bound world, the story follows the peculiar daily life of its titular character, whose encounters with the bizarre and mundane blur the line between the ordinary and the uncanny. Sattouf’s distinctive, expressive linework brings a deceptively simple visual warmth to Corbeyran’s cryptic, minimalist storytelling, making this a striking, offbeat entry in contemporary European comics.