After processing his stay in the Chinese Special Economic Zone in "Shenzhen," Guy Delisle describes his journey to one of the most isolated countries in the world: North Korea, in the follow-up volume "Pyongyang." Here, he worked for two months as a supervisor for a French animation production. Armed with George Orwell's classic "1984," the Franco-Canadian comic author begins his assignment in a country where one can measure Orwell's nightmarish scenario against reality. In detailed drawings, Guy Delisle reports on people who are cut off from electricity at night while the monuments of the Il-Sung dynasty shine brightly. "Pyongyang" is less a classic travelogue and more an impressive attempt to glimpse behind state staging and cultural barriers – a comic that provokes thought in light of the political reality.