Marco & Co #1

A young boy in a red cap strides confidently past a signpost pointing toward Paris, trailing behind him an enormous, comically overstuffed yellow companion crammed with furniture, tools, plants, and all manner of household belongings — the whole chaotic bundle teetering on the edge of adventure. Olivier Jouray and Sylvain Bec set the tone perfectly with this charming cover: a bittersweet farewell to farm life ("Adieu veaux, vaches, cochons…") and a wide-eyed march into the big city. Published by Gallimard in 2018, this opening volume promises the kind of warm, witty storytelling that makes Franco-Belgian all-ages comics so irresistible.