Klasse Muheim #3

The third volume of Ted Sieger's Klasse Muheim series arrives under the cheeky title Immer Leicht Daneben — "Always Slightly Off" — and the cover delivers exactly that spirit: a cheerful ensemble of cartoon animal characters gathered around a grand piano, singing from sheet music while musical notes swirl through the air and a tiny figure dances gleefully above them all. Sieger's loose, expressive linework gives the whole scene a wonderfully chaotic energy, with a moose in a green jacket anchoring the group alongside a colorful cast of dogs and other critters mid-song. Published by Edition Moderne in 2000, this is school-day humor with genuine warmth and a rhythm all its own.