Filip & Mathilde #3

The third album in Charel Cambré's Filip & Mathilde series arrives with a cover that perfectly captures its title — "Drache Nationale," Belgian slang for that signature national downpour. Filip and Mathilde sit cheerfully at an outdoor garden table beneath a boldly striped black, yellow, and red umbrella, undeterred by the sheets of rain soaking everything around them as they tuck into a barbecue meal complete with drinks and steaming food. It's a warmly comic scene that celebrates a very Belgian stubbornness in the face of grey skies, promising the same good-humored charm that makes this series such a delight.