Adam au Chromaland #1

A dazzling parade of characters — from a pale, gray-toned boy at the rocky foreground to a seated woman, a Roman soldier, a Victorian lady, a winged horse, and a crowd of wildly varied figures stretching back toward a gleaming emerald city on the horizon — sets the stage for what promises to be a richly imaginative journey through the "Musée de l'Imaginaire." Alex de Campi and Luigi Di Giammarino bring a vibrant, almost overstuffed energy to this 2007 French-language release from Les Humanoïdes Associés, with the cover alone suggesting a world where every corner of human storytelling collides. If you love comics that wear their sense of wonder openly, this one announces itself with real confidence.