Things We Create

In Things We Create (2022–present, Fantagraphics), artist Axel Brechensbauer crafts a meditative, wordless exploration of the creative process, following a lone figure as they build and reshape a fantastical world from raw materials. This singular, debut issue uses lush, detailed linework to examine the joy and struggle of making art, inviting readers into a quiet, visual narrative that celebrates imagination itself. A promising start from a distinctive European cartoonist making his English-language debut.