Illustrated worlds
Manga, manhwa, manhua, independent comics and graphic storytelling from different traditions.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Hayao Miyazaki’s manga builds a wider ecological and political world than its film adaptation.
The Horizon
JH’s Korean manhwa tells a spare, bleak story about childhood and survival.
Tekkonkinkreet
Taiyō Matsumoto’s distinctive urban drawings and story also invite comparison with their animated adaptation.
Trese
Urban crime and Philippine supernatural traditions through graphic storytelling.
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel and animated film connect personal life with political history.
Heavy Metal
Launched in 1977, the influential American illustrated anthology introduced readers to visionary science fiction, fantasy, horror and European comics, drawing inspiration from France’s Métal Hurlant. Explore the magazine ↗
Métal Hurlant
Founded in 1975 by Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet and Mœbius, this French comics magazine helped transform adult science-fiction illustration and inspired Heavy Metal. Explore the collection ↗
The Arrival
Shaun Tan’s wordless graphic narrative follows migration and the unfamiliarity of new worlds.
The Incal
Alejandro Jodorowsky and Mœbius’s visionary science-fiction bande dessinée.
The Rabbi’s Cat
Joann Sfar’s comic and animated adaptation explore religion, language and identity through a fanciful narrator.
Animation and screen crossover
Not just anime: animation as an independent artistic medium.
Cowboy Bebop
The relationship between episodic animation, jazz, westerns, noir and the music of Yoko Kanno.
Fantastic Planet
A French-Czechoslovak animated science-fiction film with otherworldly imagery and social allegory.
The Man Who Planted Trees
Frédéric Back’s animated short adapts Jean Giono’s story with distinctive painterly movement.
The Wolf House
A crossover entry with Cinema at the Margins: stop-motion horror remade frame by frame in transforming spaces.