Akissi #7

From Abouet and Sapin comes Akissi: Faux Départ, the seventh volume in this spirited French-language series from Gallimard Bande Dessinée. The cover plunges our hereleaf heroine — barefoot, wide-eyed, and wearing her star-print shirt and striped scarf — into a frantic snowy sprint, chased by a snarling bear, a menacing wolf-creature in a bare-branched tree, and a flustered man in a hat and suit clutching an umbrella. It's a wonderfully chaotic snapshot of Akissi's talent for landing herself in the middle of absolute mayhem, rendered in the warm, expressive linework that makes this series such a delight.