Max et Zoé #2

The second adventure of Max et Zoé finds our two young heroes surrounded by a cheerful, woolly flock of blue-tinted sheep somewhere in a sun-baked desert landscape, with a sturdy old truck parked in the background hinting at a journey underway. The cover — subtitled Un camion pour les moutons — has a wonderfully breezy energy, with the kids at ease among the animals against those warm orange dunes. Published by Delcourt Jeunesse in 2000, it's an inviting slice of all-ages French comics storytelling.