Marc Lebut et son voisin #14

Number 14 in Dupuis' beloved Franco-Belgian series finds Marc Lebut and his neighbor in characteristically chaotic form — their battered old Ford has sprouted skis and a rocket engine, launching the contraption airborne over a rocky canyon at sunset. Cauvin's cover captures the gleeful absurdity perfectly, with two wide-eyed passengers hanging on for dear life as flames blast from the rear of their improbable flying jalopy. If "La Fordt Fait des Bonds" — The Ford Takes Leaps — doesn't promise exactly the kind of slapstick adventure this 1980 album delivers, nothing will.