The Sea

In The Sea, a 2019 one-shot from Fantagraphics, artist and writer Rikke Villadsen crafts a quiet, atmospheric comic that explores the eerie solitude of a lone lighthouse keeper. The story unfolds through striking black-and-white illustrations, capturing the vast, isolating power of the ocean as a backdrop for a meditation on memory and loss. This debut marks Villadsen as a distinctive new voice in alternative comics, using minimal text and evocative visuals to tell a deeply personal tale.