Krasse Knarren #8

The eighth album in Lupano and Cauuet's warm-hearted comedy series about elderly rugby players, Voor galg en rad arrives from Dargaud Benelux in 2024 with a cover that perfectly captures the series' boisterous charm. Against a vivid turquoise background, Paul Cauuet renders three weathered old-timers in their orange rugby kit — a towering white-haired figure looming large in the foreground, a stocky teammate clutching a rugby ball to his right, and a smaller, bespectacled elder cradling a dog between them — all viewed from a charmingly low angle that makes these old codgers look genuinely imposing. It's a playful, affectionate portrait of aged defiance that makes this series one of the most endearing entries in contemporary Belgian comics.