Les nouveaux #1

The cover of this BD Kids opener says it all: a classroom of curious, slightly bewildered kids surrounds a very unusual new student — dressed in full 17th-century courtly attire, complete with lace collar and quill pen, earnestly writing on a parchment scroll while a frog leaps nearby and a cheerful teacher looks on. Vincent Cuvellier and Benoît Audé pack the scene with warm, expressive character work that immediately signals a story full of comic misunderstandings and good-natured chaos. Une drôle de journée! is right — this first volume of Les Nouveaux promises the kind of lively, kid-friendly humor that makes French BD such a joy.