Max & Nina #5

The fifth volume of Dodo and Ben Radis's Max & Nina arrives with the playful subtitle Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres ("That only happens to other people") — and the bright green cover sets the tone perfectly. Max, the lovable anthropomorphic dog in his yellow hoodie, stands caught between a ghostly blue figure on one side and the very human Nina on the other, while a small child peeks out from behind her legs — a snapshot of cheerful domestic chaos with a supernatural twist. A fun 2007 entry in this French comedy series that clearly relishes keeping its unlikely duo at the center of life's most wonderfully awkward situations.