Le Concombre masqué
Dargaud · 1973–2012 · 9 issues
About the series
A bizarre and beloved fixture of French comics, Le Concombre masqué is a surreal, gag-a-page series created by the singular Mandryka and published by Dargaud from 1973 to 2012. Over nine issues, the strip follows its titular cucumber-masked hero through a world of deadpan absurdity and visual invention, blending slapstick with a distinctly philosophical, off-kilter humor. It stands as a cult landmark of 1970s bande dessinée, celebrated for its uncompromising originality and its influence on the generation of cartoonists who followed Mandryka at the legendary magazine Pilote.