Mémoires de l'Elan #1

A weeping cartoon moose takes center stage on this 1984 Dupuis album, tears flying dramatically as a bemused red-suited kid looks on with a puzzled question mark floating above his head. Frank's clean, expressive ligne claire style gives both characters a wonderfully rubbery energy that promises plenty of comedic chaos ahead. Mémoires de l'Elan Tome 1 is a charming introduction to this Franco-Belgian humor series, with a title — L'élan n'aura jamais d'album! — that cheekily winks at its own existence.