L'Effaceur #5

The fifth installment of Jenfevre and Richez's comedic Franco-Belgian series L'Effaceur arrives with a cover that immediately sets the tone: a sweating, cigar-chomping, gold-chain-wearing brute dominates the frame, his mirrored sunglasses reflecting two very different characters — one armed and intense, the other grinning broadly — while a bikini-clad figure lounges in the background beneath palm trees. The subtitle "Qui hait, tue ?…" ("Who hates, kills?…") promises the kind of absurd, action-tinged humor the series does so well. Published by Vents d'Ouest in 2008, this is a lively, sun-soaked entry in the series that fans of sharp Franco-Belgian comedy won't want to miss.