La pension Moreau #1

This 2017 French-language album from Éditions de la Gouttière opens the La Pension Moreau series with a cover that sets a wonderfully eerie tone: a wide-eyed young boy stands at the center, framed by a circle of looming, shadowy children, while a brooding owl-like creature glowers from below — together suggesting a boarding school world where the strange and the unsettling lurk just beneath the surface. The subtitle Les enfants terribles promises exactly the kind of mischievous, atmospheric children's adventure that the teal-and-gold cover design delivers with real charm and a touch of gothic unease.