Le Parcours d'un puceau #[nn]

From Fabrice Tarrin and Vents d'Ouest comes this charming French-language album whose vivid orange cover immediately catches the eye. A swarm of Tarrin's expressive cartoon rabbit-like characters — bug-eyed, striped, and wonderfully chaotic — arrange themselves into the shape of a heart, capturing a playful, warm spirit that feels both absurd and oddly tender. Le Parcours d'un puceau promises the kind of energetic, irreverent humor that made 2012 a great year for Franco-Belgian comics.