De VrijMiBoys #1

Four office workers — a flustered man in a pink shirt, a sharp woman in a yellow dress with a fur stole, a suited man in glasses and tie, and a wide-eyed fellow in a striped shirt — are caught mid-squabble in what looks like a very chaotic workplace, with speech bubbles flying in Dutch about business models and half-million salaries. Ype Driessen's photo-realistic cover style gives De VrijMiBoys: Opstartproblemen a wonderfully awkward, sitcom-ready energy that sets the tone for this 2012 Dutch comic perfectly. If startup office dynamics and comedic miscommunication sound like your kind of trouble, this first issue promises plenty of both.