Les Vacanciers #1

The opening volume of Les Vacanciers drops readers right into the sun-soaked streets of Havana, where a family of wide-eyed tourists crams into a bright yellow coco-taxi as a vintage American car rumbles behind them beneath a Cuban flag — pure organized chaos. Yves Montagne's cover has an immediately infectious energy, balancing the sketchy, atmospheric backdrop of old colonial architecture against the full-color cartoon frenzy of the foreground. Published by Vents d'Ouest in 2009, Cuba Tourista looks like exactly the kind of warm, comedic travel adventure that makes you want to book a ticket — or at least flip to the first page.