Coup de foudre #2

The second volume of De Thuin and Cauvin's Coup de foudre arrives with a cover that perfectly captures its comic spirit: a dazed, disheveled fellow and his equally startled little dog stand beneath a stormy pink-and-purple sky, a bold zigzag of lightning cutting dramatically between the trees above them. Subtitled De mâle en pis, the gag is right there in the title — things going from bad to worse — and the cover's warm, sketchy charm makes it easy to see why this Dupuis series has such an appealing, playful energy. A delightful pick for fans of French-language humor comics from 2010.