Iznogoud

In this long-running French comic series, the Grand Vizier Iznogoud schemes endlessly to become caliph instead of the Caliph, a goal that always ends in spectacular failure. Published by Éditions Tabary across three decades, the series was created by writer René Goscinny and artist Jean Tabary, whose sharp satires of power and bureaucracy gave the strip its enduring bite. A classic of Franco-Belgian humor, Iznogoud remains beloved for its timeless, absurdist take on ambition and incompetence.