"This story relates a day in the life of my cousin Thibault Schrauwen. This first part follows him from awakening, through breakfast into the bathroom as we witness him maintaining his personal hygiene."
Olivier Schrauwen is a Belgian cartoonist and musician, currently based in Berlin. Schrauwen was born in 1977 in Bruges, a city in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. He studied animation at the Academy of Art in Gent, then obtained a master degree in comics at the 'École superieure des Art Saint-Luc' in Brussels. His works include the surreal Arsène Schrauwen (2014), the six sci-fi stories collected in Parallel Lives (2018), the pirate story Portrait of a Drunk (2019) in collaboration with French cartoonists Ruppert and Mulot, and his slice-of-life magnum opus Sunday (2024).
Nothing gets me more excited than new Olivier Schruawen. His work explores the human condition, contemporary life, loneliness, horniness, technology, family, history, and on, and on, without ever being self-serious or cold and without that meaning that he avoids real contemplation and consideration. His work is joyous even when dark and no one makes me laugh more than Ollie.
Olivier Schrauwen does a humorous slice-of-life style story featuring his cousin Thibault during a regular old Sunday morning. "Sunday Part 1" covers the time from when Thibault wakes up to him completing his weekend routine involving feeding his cat and taking a bath. Sunday is not a flattering portrait for Thibault - he's presented as a rather aloof and narcissistic individual, though it is probably how many of our own internal thoughts would make us look to other people. This is a highly voyeuristic look into the life of someone going about their morning, but Schrauwen adds a lot of nifty visual flair and creative layouts to make this such an engaging comic. And given the high quality risoprinting involved, Sunday is easily one of Schrauwen's best looking comics.