L'Agent 212 #3

Published by Dupuis in 1983, this third album in Raoul Cauvin and Daniel Kox's beloved Belgian comedy series finds the rotund, bumbling Agent 212 at the center of yet another international mix-up. The cover sets the tone perfectly: a flustered Chinese gentleman and a robed Arab driver — each speaking in their own script — flank the hapless officer amid a scattered tire, hinting at the kind of gloriously chaotic traffic situation only this series could dream up. Sens Interdit ("Wrong Way") promises exactly the cheerful, good-natured slapstick that made L'Agent 212 a staple of Franco-Belgian comics.