Amour, sexe et bigorneaux #1

A sunny French beach scene sets the stage for this comedic album from Les Requins Marteaux, with two elderly sunbathers sprawled on the sand while a pair of lively young women play volleyball nearby — the gap between the generations played for maximum comic effect. Speech bubbles hint at the grumbling and wishful thinking happening on both sides of the generational divide, and the loose, expressive linework by Guerse and Pichelin gives the whole scene a wonderfully irreverent energy. *Amour, sexe et bigorneaux* looks like exactly the kind of breezy, affectionately sharp humor that French comics do so well.