Bruce Kid #[nn]

A cheerful Franco-Belgian adventure from Bamboo Édition, Bruce Kid: L'Initiation drops two wide-eyed youngsters in matching white gis headlong into what looks like a very eventful martial-arts journey. Behind them, a fierce armored samurai and an archer strike dramatic poses against a backdrop of rolling hills and distant mountains, suggesting that the road to initiation is anything but peaceful. With art and story by Jenfevre and Sulboe, this 1999 album has the bouncy energy and comedic warmth that makes Franco-Belgian humor BD so irresistible.