Burne Out. Bastien Vivès

In French, Softcover, 13 x 18 cm, 104 pages. 2022, Les Requins Marteaux BD Cul

In this provocative work from the publisher Les Requins Marteaux, Bastien Vivès uses graphic humor to satirize start-up culture and the alienation of power. The narrative follows Daniel Poutrenbois, a government official who, after a public scandal involving his consumption of hentai pornography, is diagnosed with severe professional burnout. Sent to a 'remote work' retreat at a naturist campsite in the south of France, Daniel attempts to rebuild his family image, but his psychological crisis manifests through a surreal and hyperbolic physical transformation. Through his minimalist and expressive line-work, Vivès subverts the concept of burnout into an erotic odyssey of excess, merging social satire with a raw aesthetic that challenges the boundaries of good taste and contemporary social pressure.

For his third work in the collection, Vivès revolutionizes sex with a hyper-attractive friction policy that merges the background without postponing the edges!