Valhalla Hotel

In Valhalla Hotel (2022–present, Splitter Verlag), this three-issue series brings a gritty, noir-inflected twist to the afterlife, where a weary detective checks into a mysterious hotel that serves as a waystation for the dead. Written and illustrated by the German team of Christian and Thomas von Zglinicki, the story unfolds in a liminal space where the hotel’s inhabitants must confront their past sins before moving on. It matters for its atmospheric blend of crime fiction and supernatural dread, offering a compact, self-contained narrative that stands out in Splitter’s lineup of European graphic novels.