Eva by Claude Jaermann & Felix Schaad (1997–1998) (read in 2021)
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Standard disclaimer[1]
Eva Grjdic works at Cosmos, a grocery-store chain à la Migros.
The art style reminds me very much of my well-worn and beloved Mad magazines that I spent my youth reading. It is, perhaps, closest to Mort Drucker, with a bit of Sergio Aragones mixed in. The text is brilliant. It’s subversive, it’s so very Swiss. The context is so very Swiss. You won’t be able to really get this comic unless you live here or lived her at that time.
Eva is dirt poor and barely makes ends meet in a country otherwise overflowing with wealth. She’s on welfare, but eventually ends up living in a shipping container right next to Cosmos, and the rent “ziehen wir Ihnen wird der Einfachheit halber direkt am Lohn ab”. Then they lose welfare because it looks like they no longer pay rent.
The social worker is happy to make an “arrangement” with Eva’s daughter, though.
See Eva (Comic) (Wikipedia) for more information.
[1] Disclaimer: these are notes I took while reading this book. They include citations I found interesting or enlightening or particularly well-written. In some cases, I’ve pointed out which of these applies to which citation; in others, I have not. Any benefit you gain from reading these notes is purely incidental to the purpose they serve of reminding me of what I once read. Please see Wikipedia for a summary if I’ve failed to provide one sufficient for your purposes. If my notes serve to trigger an interest in this book, then I’m happy for you.↩