Jessica Blandy is a Belgian comic book series, started in 1987 by

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Jean Dufaux Jean Dufaux (; born 7 June 1949) is a Belgian comic book writer. Beginning his professional career as a journalist for ''Ciné-presse'', Dufaux started writing comic books in the 1980s. Selected works *'' Le Bois des Vierges'' (1 volume, illust ...

. It is published by the Belgian

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comic book publishing house. It follows the adventures of the eponymous heroine Jessica Blandy, a blonde

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who works as a journalist. She is haunted by a traumatic past, which has made her an

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. Until now, 24 issues of this comic book have been published. In those episodes, Renaud and Dufaux pit Blandy against "all degenerates of the U.S. society": corrupt politicians, serial killers, worshippers of Satan and many more. The series features a mature slant, with a liberal amount of violence and murders, and scenes in which the highly attractive and

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Blandy engages in (off-page) sexual activity, but also is several times subject to (off-page) sexual violence — which usually involves the perpetrator getting killed in the course of the story, either by the heroine herself or by a friend. But in spite of this, the series is renowned for its level of psychological depth.Jean Dufaux @lambiek.com
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Jessica Blandy @ DUPUIS
Belgian comics titles Bandes dessinées Dupuis titles Blandy, Jessica Book series Belgian comic strips Drama comics Blandy, Jessica 1987 comics debuts Blandy, Jessica Blandy, Jessica Comics about women Blandy, Jessica {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub