Vader & zoon voor altijd! #1031

Peter van Straaten's warm, deceptively simple linework is on full display with this 2011 Rainbow Pockets collection, Vader & Zoon voor altijd! — "Father & Son Forever!" The cover sketch shows an older man and a younger man facing each other in a living room, with the caption "Ben jij wel gelukkig, jongen?" ("Are you actually happy, son?") capturing that tender, slightly awkward honesty that defines the series. Every line here — writing, drawing, inking, lettering — comes from van Straaten himself, making this a thoroughly personal work about the enduring, complicated bond between fathers and sons.