Elsje #15

The cover of this 2025 album from Hercules & Valkema says it all: Elsje stands front and center in her red shirt and sneakers, looking simultaneously frazzled and determined, while a whirlwind of identical versions of herself — laughing, tumbling, doing handstands, scowling — swirls all around her. It's a wonderfully expressive visual metaphor for the boundless, restless energy that defines the ADHD theme of this fifteenth volume. Fans of the long-running Dutch series will find the warm, energetic cartooning as charming as ever.