Yoko Tsuno

Roger Leloup’s beloved series follows the titular Yoko Tsuno, a resourceful Japanese electrical engineer who travels the globe and beyond, encountering adventure, advanced technology, and alien civilizations. Launched in 1982 by Carlsen Comics in Germany, the series is a landmark of European bande dessinée, celebrated for its strong, intelligent heroine and meticulously researched science fiction. Leloup’s lush, detailed artwork and his long-running collaboration with writers Harald Sachse and Hartmut Becker have made this a durable, quietly influential classic of family-friendly sci-fi comics.