Juan Solo

In Juan Solo, writer and artist Georges Bess crafts a gritty, four-issue saga for Les Humanoïdes Associés (1995–1999) that follows a scarred Mexican boy's brutal rise from orphan to drug lord. Blending stark realism with visceral, expressionistic art, the series explores cycles of violence and redemption in a corrupt borderland. Bess’s singular vision—both writing and illustrating every page—makes this a raw, uncompromising work that stands as a key example of 1990s European crime comics.