Windowpane - Joe Kessler - 2026

Windowpane by Joe Kessler / ISBN 9781911081050 / 272-page paperback with wrapper, about 5.5 x 7.5 inches, printed offset, published in 2026 by Breakdown Press (UK)

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Originally published in 2018, Breakdown Press are delighted to return Windowpane, Joe Kessler’s stunning collection of progressive narrative comics, to print. Winner of the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for First Comic Book, this is a showcase of the cartoonist’s mastery of form and colour, a one-man-anthology of short-narrative, experimental, sometimes-allegorical comics. This beautiful new edition, printed by offset lithography, is the perfect backdrop for Kessler’s quietly disconcerting, hallucinogenic work. It is a visual delight that showcases the unrestrained talent of one of the UK’s most exciting cartoonists.

"Windowpane is likely to be the best looking book you will hold this year." - The New Statesman

“Here is truly enigmatic work by a serious talent that comics is lucky to have.” - The Comics Journal

Windowpane was printed by offset lithography at DeckersSnoeck in Belgium