De Kiekeboes #42

Volume 42 of Merho's beloved Belgian family comedy series plunges the Kiekeboes right into the deep end — literally — with a wonderfully chaotic pool brawl on the cover, where a crowd of splashing, wide-eyed characters scramble and grapple in the water with gleeful cartoon energy. From a muscular bruiser on the left to a blonde woman in a black swimsuit, a red-dressed girl flailing her arms, a curly-haired kid, a bespectacled figure, and a redhead wrestling someone at the bottom, every corner of the cover is packed with frantic, expressive action. Published by Standaard Uitgeverij in 2010, De Sprayhistorie promises exactly the kind of lively, humor-packed adventure that has made De Kiekeboes a staple of Dutch-language comics for decades.