Les branleurs #[nn]

Published by Les Rêveurs in 2017, this opening volume — subtitled Introduction — announces itself with a bold yellow cover that immediately sets the tone: two anthropomorphic animals (a slender deer-like figure and a hefty elephant) lounging in armchairs, looking gloriously unbothered. Éric Salch and Manu Larcenet team up for what promises to be a deadpan, absurdist portrait of supreme idleness, and the cover's breezy sketch style makes it clear they're having a great time doing it.