The Cardboard Valise

Emile Delilah, a young man obsessed with foreign lands, receives a government stipend to fuel his travels to Outer Canthus. In his building live Boreal Rince, the exiled king of Outer Canthus, and Elijah Salamis, a supranationalist aiming to dissolve global borders. Their lives subtly connect through the elaborate imaginary worlds they create, filled with unique eateries, ancient ruins, and wild landscapes beside modern hotels. This graphic novel is a travelogue and a semi-surreal, poetic, and beguiling work.