Gaston #10

The beloved Belgian blunderer Gaston grins out from a freshly punched hole in the wall on this Dupuis cover, wrench in hand and cheerfully oblivious to the damage he's caused — greeting "Monsieur Ducran" and "Monsieur Lapoigne" as if nothing is out of the ordinary. It's a perfectly distilled snapshot of everything that makes this series so endearing: chaos delivered with a smile and zero self-awareness. Volume 10 of this 2017 Dupuis collection, Gaffes en Pagaille, promises a generous helping of the accidental mayhem that has made Gaston one of Franco-Belgian comics' most treasured characters, by Franquin.