Pierre Tombal #27

The beloved Belgian gravedigger Pierre Tombal trudges through a snow-covered cemetery on this Hardy and Cauvin cover, surrounded by frost-laden tombstones and bare winter trees while a pair of vivid red poppies offers a striking splash of color against the pale landscape. Volume 27 of this long-running Dupuis series, subtitled Entre la vie et la mort ("Between Life and Death"), perfectly captures the series' signature blend of the macabre and the warmly humorous. It's a quietly charming image that reminds us why Pierre Tombal has been a staple of Franco-Belgian comics for decades.