Die Frühreifen #1

Ralph Ruthe's Die Frühreifen arrives in this 1998 collection from Boiselle-Löhmann-Verlag, showcasing his distinctive cartoon style with two young characters front and center — one a tidy, wide-eyed kid and the other a scruffier, cave-boy type — hinting at a humor strip built on mismatched personalities. Ruthe handles every aspect of the art himself, and the bright, clean linework on the cover gives the book an immediately playful energy. A fun pick for fans of German-language comic humor.