Pakje Bakmeel #2

Rob Derks delivers pure cartoony chaos on the cover of Pakje Bakmeel #2, where a wild-eyed old man with a great white beard stands on a small wooden raft, juggling what appears to be a pot and a handful of sausages — while a massive, teeth-baring shark launches itself out of the ocean right beside him. The contrast between the man's blissfully unaware expression and the shark's furious lunge makes for an immediately funny image that sets the tone for this 2006 Dutch humor comic perfectly. With Rob Derks handling every creative role from script to finished line, this is a wonderfully personal vision of comic absurdity from Studio Noodweer.