Bêtes et méchants #1

Patrick Larme and Michel Monteil unleash a rowdy troupe of grotesque little monsters across this wide, eye-catching cover — a lanky, sneering goblin squares off against a stocky bruiser mid-punch, while a frantic red-hatted imp scrambles away in the background, all set against a fiery gradient sky. The title "Les Gobelins" looms large in bold red lettering, the "O" cheekily replaced by a leering jack-o'-lantern apple, setting the tone for what promises to be delightfully crude, anarchic humor. Published by Bagheera in 2000, *Bêtes et méchants* announces itself as a comic that revels in bad manners and mischief with considerable cartoon flair.