Achille Talon #[43]

Achille Talon's gardening ambitions go spectacularly sideways on this bright, cheerful cover, where the beloved round-faced everyman is sent flying by a very loud — and very explosive — lawnmower, debris and vegetables scattering in all directions amid a tremendous "BOUM!" Roger Widenlocher brings his signature cartoony energy to every detail, from the red miniature tractor mower mid-explosion to the watering can and mushrooms tumbling across the grass. Published by Dargaud in 1998, *Achille Talon a la main verte* promises the kind of domestic catastrophe and gentle absurdist humor that has made this series a cornerstone of Franco-Belgian comics.