Kale Kop #1

Set in the busy corridors of a hospital, this charming Belgian album from Strip2000 introduces Kale Kop — "Bald Head" — with a cover that immediately wins you over. A cheerful nurse strides through a waiting room full of patients while a small bald-headed child looks on, and in the foreground that endearingly round, smooth dome fills the frame with disarming warmth. Writer Zidrou and artist Serge Ernst set a tone that feels both tenderly human and gently comic, making "Werkloos hartje" a thoroughly inviting opening chapter to the series.