Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec

French cartoonist Jacques Tardi's beloved series Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec originally ran from 1976 to 2000, though this France Loisirs edition collects the saga into just three volumes. Set in a wonderfully weird early 20th-century Paris, the stories follow the fearless, sharp-tongued writer Adèle Blanc-Sec as she navigates pterodactyls, mummies, and mad scientists. Tardi's signature ligne claire style and darkly comic sensibility make this a cornerstone of Franco-Belgian comics, blending pulp adventure with a distinctly Parisian, anarchic wit.