Bruno le barbare #[nn]

From Fluide Glacial publisher Audie comes this delightfully absurdist French superhero comedy, with creator Rudy Spiessert's muscle-bound, glasses-wearing Bruno bursting through crumbling debris on the cover, fist punching straight at the reader. The cover also teases a cast of quirky supporting characters — including Princesse Patate, L'HommeBasec, and Une Flacon d'Eau — illustrated in a charmingly retro ligne claire style. Billing itself as "Le Justicier des Temps de Maintenant" and promising "beaucoup d'action mais aussi des moments calmes," this 2022 volume looks like a wonderfully tongue-in-cheek take on the barbarian-hero genre transplanted into everyday modern life.