Urbanus vertelt #25

Issue 25 of Mieleke Melleke Mol — subtitled "De Drie Uiltjes" (The Three Little Owls) — bursts with the cheerful absurdity that makes this Belgian series such a delight. The cover, by Urbanus, Dirk Stallaert, and Jan Bosschaert, shows two children zooming overhead in a fantastical black-and-red vehicle with a face, while below them three eccentric characters — a wild-haired figure, a flamboyant woman in a patterned dress, and a smaller owl-like character — react with wide-eyed chaos on a mushroom-dotted alien landscape, all watched over by three little owls perched calmly in the title lettering. Published by Standaard Uitgeverij in 2017, this twenty-fifth entry in the series delivers the same wonderfully anarchic energy that fans of Urbanus's signature humor have come to love.