Petit Poilu #30

Holiday mischief takes a delightfully absurd turn in this 2024 Dupuis entry in the long-running Belgian all-ages series. The cover of Petit Poilu — Libérez les boules! shows the little fuzzy red-nosed hero himself wrapped up in golden tinsel and dangling from a Christmas tree, surrounded by equally trussed-up ornament characters — a worried star, a teal bauble, a striped candy-cane figure, and a pink bow — all bound and hanging with hilariously distressed expressions. It's a wonderfully silly seasonal setup that captures everything charming about Petit Poilu's wordless, warm-hearted comic world.