ボボボーボ・ボーボボ [Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo] #1

Volume 1 of Yoshio Sawai's wildly inventive Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo kicks off with a cover that means business — the massively built, sunglasses-wearing Bo-bobo looms large, arms crossed and fists clenched, his signature golden afro blazing behind him like a sun. Published by Shueisha under the Jump Comics imprint, this is where the absurdist comedy manga that won over Weekly Shonen Jump readers gets its start. That subtitle — ハジケ祭り (Hajike Matsuri, roughly "Freak-Out Festival") — sets the tone perfectly for the chaotic energy Sawai brings to every page.