Les Ahlalaaas #[nn]

From Le Lombard's warmly comedic series comes this 2011 installment of Les Ahlalaaas, subtitled L'Impossible Ascension — and the cover makes the title's irony immediately clear. Derib's cheerful linework shows two hapless characters dangling precariously from ropes against a vivid red-and-orange backdrop, one clinging to a rickety contraption while the other hangs below, the whole scene radiating cheerful, good-natured chaos. If you enjoy humor-driven Franco-Belgian adventures where the journey goes gloriously sideways, this one promises exactly that spirit.