Franka #12

The twelfth volume of Henk Kuijpers' beloved European series finds our stylish red-haired heroine Franka front and center in her signature yellow coat and red boots, caught in the grip of a menacing red-faced figure looming behind her against a sleek, futuristic urban backdrop. A small white dog rounds out the scene, adding a charming contrast to the tension at hand. Kuijpers' clean, elegant ligne claire artwork is on full display here, making "Die Blaue Venus" a thoroughly appealing addition to this long-running German-language series from 1998.