Comix Remix : L'Intégrale #[nn]

Hervé Bourhis's Comix Remix collected edition from Dupuis packs a generous 248 pages of inventive comics energy into one volume. The cover sets the tone perfectly: a masked, caped hero in red stands arms-crossed before a looming pink blob creature, while a barefoot red-haired girl clings to his cape, a strange elderly figure with a hovering creature lurks to the right, flying saucers drift past city rooftops, and a mechanical spider-like form scrambles in the foreground — a wonderfully chaotic parade of characters that signals just how eclectic the contents must be. Stamped with the tongue-in-cheek "Approuvé par le Comix Code Bruxelles" seal, this 2012 intégrale is a playful, wide-ranging celebration of comics culture that earns its place on any Francophone shelf.