De Kiekeboes #38

Volume 38 of the beloved Belgian series De Kiekeboes arrives with a suitably chaotic holiday spirit — the cover, signed by Merho, plunges a crowd of familiar characters into a full-blown brawl, fists flying and hats sailing through the air against a bold yellow backdrop. Among the melee you can spot figures in festive attire, including what appears to be a Santa hat, making "Prettige Feestdagen" (Happy Holidays) a wonderfully tongue-in-cheek title for such gloriously unruly seasonal cheer. Published by Standaard Uitgeverij in 2012, this is the kind of energetic, gag-packed album that has kept the Kiekeboe family a staple of Dutch-language comics for decades.