Lucien #5

Frank Margerin's beloved slacker hero Lucien trades city life for the countryside in Lucien se met au vert, the fifth volume of this enduring French series. The cover sets the tone perfectly — Lucien lounges in a battered armchair amid a pile of chopped logs, a rooster and chick wandering nearby, a weathered farmyard stretching behind him complete with a vintage tractor and a classic Citroën 2CV. It's a warmly funny snapshot of rural escapism, drawn with Margerin's characteristically expressive, good-humored line work.