The Theatre of Cruelty

Alexandre Lafleur's The Theatre of Cruelty is a single-issue comic from Fantagraphics, launched in 1997 and ongoing. It stands as a stark, singular work of graphic storytelling, with Lafleur's art guiding its entire vision. The series matters as a sustained, personal statement from its creator, unspooling a darkly imaginative narrative that has remained a quiet but potent entry in alternative comics.