Les familius #12

The twelfth volume of Nicolas Doucet's Les Familius series promises cheerful domestic chaos, and the cover delivers it with gusto: three kids have transformed cleaning-up time into a full pirate adventure, brandishing a toy sword, a broom, and a shovel while one peers through a telescope — all while a toddler happily plays in a cardboard box nearby and two more children spy in wide-eyed disbelief through the window. The subtitle Parés à ranger ! ("Ready to tidy up!") says it all — this household's approach to chores is anything but ordinary. Published by Artège BD in 2020, it's a warmly funny slice of family life that will resonate with anyone who has ever tried — and spectacularly failed — to get kids to clean their room.