DirkJan #30

Mark Retera's beloved Dutch comic strip collection hits volume 30, and the cover celebrates in typically chaotic fashion — a packed beach scene where sunbathers, a wandering hedgehog, a child with a shovel, and even a yellow car have all crowded onto the sand beneath a "30" speed sign that doubles as a cheeky anniversary nod. Retera's warmly absurdist cast looks thoroughly at home in the summer mayhem, with one character already buried in a stack of Dirkjan books as if catching up on all the previous volumes. A cheerful, densely detailed cover that captures exactly why this series has kept Dutch readers happily entertained for so long.