Anthologie Édika #4

Fluide Glacial's beloved absurdist humorist Édika gets the anthology treatment in this fourth volume, collecting strips from 1997 to 2002. The cover sets the tone perfectly: a hapless diner stares wide-eyed at a roast chicken wired up to medical monitoring equipment, while a smug waiter in a bow tie leans in to whisper — with a straight face — that the chicken isn't quite cold yet, the day's menu board cheerfully confirming "Poulet Froid" is on offer. It's the kind of deadpan, gleefully unhinged comedy that has made Édika a treasured fixture of French humor comics, and this 2021 collection is a generous serving of it.