Franka #12

Franka is at the center of the action in this twelfth album, "De blauwe Venus," as Henk Kuijpers delivers a breathtaking rooftop perspective over a detailed Dutch cityscape — our red-haired heroine is being dragged through the air by a mechanical claw while a figure in red tumbles across the rooftops far below. Kuijpers renders the scene with a dizzying bird's-eye view that makes the city streets and parked cars feel miles away, perfectly capturing the precarious danger Franka finds herself in. A confident and entertaining entry in this long-running Dutch series, published in 2012 at an accessible cover price of €8,95.