Borgnol #1

From Les sœurs Dupré la Tour comes this cheerful French all-ages comic, where a big, sleepy polar bear on a drifting ice floe has somehow become the gathering spot for a delightfully chaotic crowd of penguins, birds, and other Arctic critters. The cover of Borgnol: Ô les bons amis captures that warm, slightly absurd energy perfectly — everyone piling on, around, and beside the unfazed bear in a teal-washed polar world. Published by Gallimard in 2010, it's an inviting start to what promises to be a funny, tender series about unlikely friendships.