Jack Cool #[1]

Set against the swirling psychedelic backdrop of 1966, this French graphic album from Bamboo Édition introduces Jack Cool — a shirtless, carefree young man in an American-flag vest and rose-tinted glasses, arms spread wide as revelers dance freely around him. The subtitle Quelques jours avant Jésus Gris hints at something simmering beneath the era's free-spirited surface. Olivier Mangin's fluid linework captures the color and energy of the late-'60s counterculture with real charm and style.