Bichon #2

David Gilson's Bichon heads to the seaside for its second volume, Sea, Sweet and Sun…, and the cover immediately captures that warm, golden-hour magic. Three charming young characters gather on coastal rocks at sunset — a red-haired girl perched on a boulder, a dark-haired companion holding up a seashell, and a little one crouched below with a bucket and a curious crab for company, seagulls wheeling overhead. It's an utterly endearing slice of childhood summer, rendered in Gilson's lush, rounded style that makes this 2015 Glénat release feel like a hug in comic form.