The Wasteland

In the grim, satirical vision of The Wasteland (1990–present, HarperCollins), Martin Rowson adapts T.S. Eliot’s modernist poem into a single, densely illustrated comic issue. Published as a standalone volume, this work distills the fragmented, post-war despair of the original text into Rowson’s signature, politically charged caricature and ink-heavy style. A unique artifact of late 20th-century literary comics, it stands as a bold, single-issue interpretation of a classic, offering a visual commentary on societal decay that remains resonant.