Philémon #14

Fred's beloved Philémon series reaches its fourteenth volume with L'Enfer des Épouvantails, and the cover radiates all the surreal, dreamlike energy that has made this French series so enduring. A magnificently costumed warrior-like figure dominates the foreground, spear in hand, while a crescent moon with a human face peers down from a star-flecked sky — and somewhere in the churning waves below, smaller figures struggle amid the chaos, with a windmill looming ominously in the background. Published by Dargaud in 2004, this album is a vivid reminder of why Fred's whimsical yet unsettling imagination continues to captivate readers across generations.