馬子っ子きん太 [Magokko Kinta] #1

Published under Akita Shoten's Sunday Comics/爆笑COMICS imprint, this first volume of Magokko Kinta kicks off Go Nagai's comedic take on a boy-and-his-horse adventure with an immediately charming cover. Front and center is a wild-eyed, big-grinning young protagonist throwing his hands up in exaggerated alarm, while behind him a gap-toothed white horse rears up with a mischievous grin of its own — and a small, red-capped child hangs acrobatically off the horse's back for good measure. Nagai's signature broad, expressive character designs are on full display, promising the kind of rowdy, laugh-out-loud energy that made his comedy work so beloved.