Les Misérables

In 1979, Transit published a compact three-issue comic adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, bringing the epic 19th-century French novel into sequential art. This series distills the sprawling tale of justice, redemption, and revolution into a focused graphic narrative, making it a notable early European effort to adapt classic literature for the comics medium. Its concise length and literary source material distinguish it as a thoughtful, self-contained project within the wider tradition of bande dessinée.