MacGuffin & Alan Smithee

From 2017 to 2019, Perro Éditeur published this two-issue comic series by writer Michel Viau and artist Ghyslain Duguay, a playful meta-commentary on the comics industry itself. The title characters—a mysterious plot device and a pseudonymous director—embody the absurdities of creative credit and narrative contrivance. A brief but clever satire, it matters as a sharp, insider joke for readers who appreciate the behind-the-scenes mechanics of storytelling.