Inspecteur Dirty #2

The second album in this French comic series finds Inspecteur Dirty — suited up in blue and jotting notes with casual cool — standing directly over a chalk outline at what appears to be a crime scene, a wrecked red car looming in the background. Jenfevre and Richez's clean, expressive ligne claire style gives the cover an immediate comedic charm, balancing the detective's breezy nonchalance against the carnage around him. Gros Pépins à Big Apple promises a lively, humor-driven investigation from Vents d'Ouest's 2004 lineup that fans of Franco-Belgian comedy mysteries will want to pick up.