Marsupilami #29

Volume 29 of Marsu Productions' beloved Franco-Belgian series brings "Kieldemoahl," with Batem's cover art delivering an immediately arresting image: the spotted, yellow-furred Marsupilami lies sprawled on a stone floor, his impossibly long tail coiled around him, while an enormous and rather menacing shadow looms on the wall behind him — a dark figure with clawed hands and devilish horns that dwarfs our hero completely. The contrast between the cheerful, spotted creature and that ominous silhouette sets a wonderfully suspenseful tone, hinting at the kind of wild adventure writer Stéphane Colman and artist Batem consistently deliver in this long-running series.