Gaston #16

Franquin's beloved office disaster-magnet Gaston is at his absolute happiest here — stretched out in a hammock between two trees, red jacket draped over him like a blanket, completely and blissfully asleep. Above him, one of his harebrained contraptions hovers on a tiny propeller, as if even his inventions can't bear to disturb the nap. Published by Carlsen Comics in 1993, this German-language volume collects more of Franquin's brilliantly observed slapstick, with the subtitle …haut nichts vom Hocker ("…nothing to write home about") delivering a perfectly deadpan wink at Gaston's legendary talent for doing as little as humanly possible.