Herman Hedning & Co [julalbum] #8

Jonas Darnell's cover for this 1999 Swedish holiday album sets the tone perfectly: a massive, goggle-eyed alien spacecraft looms at the center while Herman Hedning and his chaotic crew appear caught up in a typically unhinged cosmic encounter. The vivid colors and Darnell's wonderfully expressive cartoon style make "Universums Arkeufo" feel like exactly the kind of absurd, high-energy adventure fans of the series love. A great festive package from Bokförlaget Semic and Egmont, with Darnell pulling triple duty as writer, penciler, and inker throughout.