Reportage and Journalism

BD reportage represents one of the medium's most innovative contemporary developments. Building on traditions of illustrated journalism, BD reporters use sequential art's unique properties to create immersive documentary experiences impossible in other media.

The genre gained prominence through works like Emmanuel Guibert's "Le Photographe," combining photographs from a Doctors Without Borders mission with drawn sequences. This hybrid approach demonstrated BD's ability to enhance rather than replace traditional journalism.

Contemporary BD journalists tackle subjects from refugee experiences to environmental destruction. The time required for BD creation allows for depth impossible in daily journalism, while visual narrative creates emotional connections that statistics cannot achieve. Publishers increasingly recognize BD reportage as essential contemporary journalism.