Dégelée royale #[nn]

A sharp political satire from Robberecht and Marco Paulo, this 2010 album from 12 Bis takes clear aim at Belgium's famously fractured national identity. The cover says it all: suited politicians tumble and scramble across a cracking, splintering map of Belgium rendered in the country's bold black, yellow, and red tricolor — a wryly funny image of a nation literally breaking apart beneath its leaders' feet. At just 10,00 EUR, it's a biting and playful look at Belgian political chaos wrapped in Marco Paulo's expressive, cartoony linework.