Kutbeesten, de verzamelde werken #2

The second volume of Jan-Willem Spakman's Kutbeesten ("Annoying Animals") collection arrives with a gloriously grumpy menagerie plastered across its olive-green cover — a surly crocodile sprawls front and center, surrounded by a deep-sea anglerfish, a hammerhead shark, a roaring baboon, a pelican, a seagull, a bat, a toad, a mosquito, and a whole rogue's gallery of nature's less-celebrated creatures, all rendered with expressive cartoon charm. Every beast wears exactly the kind of scowl that suggests it has zero patience for your admiration. If the 2021 collection promises more of the same irreverent natural-history humor, fans of Dutch comics with a sharp comedic edge will feel very much at home here.