A Polish P.I. and his sidekick, a rat named Watson, attempt to solve the Case of the Meaning of Life in "Essence," a graphic novel by Grzegorz Janusz and Krysztof Gawronkiewicz translated and excerpted in Words Without Borders' fantastic new comics edition. Words Without Borders is worth a bookmark -- a brilliant online magazine of translated stories, poems, and now comics from around the world.