Simon Portepoisse #1

From writer Antoine Dole and illustrator Bruno Salamone comes this delightfully spooky French graphic novel for young readers — Simon Portepoisse, Tome 1: Petits Malheurs en Famille. The cover introduces young Simon at the center of a wonderfully misfit family portrait: a green-skinned zombie-like woman in red, a towering fluffy pink monster, a grumpy grey creature, a mischievous redheaded kid, and a little black cat all crowd around our wide-eyed, red-irised hero in his tiny suit. Published by Actes Sud Junior BD in 2019, this opening volume promises exactly the kind of cheerful domestic chaos its title — "Little Family Misfortunes" — suggests.