Kiekeboe #122

Issue 122 of Merho's long-running Belgian series finds the mustachioed Kiekeboe front and center, his oversized face looming in the foreground as a lively cast of characters — young and old, startled and scrambling — swirls behind him in a wonderfully chaotic scene. A woman with a laptop, a tumbling figure caught mid-air, and a worried couple clutching each other all hint at the frenetic energy promised by the double-edged title Doodeenvoudig/Eenvoudig Dood ("Dead Simple / Simply Dead"). Published by Standaard Uitgeverij in 2009, this installment looks like a thoroughly entertaining slice of the humor and mayhem that has made Kiekeboe a beloved fixture of Flemish comics.