"Something was a bit 'fishy' about the whole dining experience, but I couldn't quite put my fin on it." (a small Bryan Talbot tribute)

Oh gosh, obligatory novelty song from my youth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZmV5pF4eNA
(Wet Dream - Kip Addotta)

So these are from Bryan Talbot’s Force Majeure , the fifth and final album in his magnificent "Grandville" series. It’s a bit like Blacksad, but far -more- dangerous, SteamPunk, less ‘pastiche,’ better-plotted, and far -less- Disney-esque in overall tone and complexity.

(right-click as needed)

Also, he does a pretty great job with his historical fiction elements, which go back to the Napoleonic era as I recall, moving forwards in to the… 1930’s, I guess it is.

Another thing I really loved as a comics fan were all the hilarious cameos by famous characters who appeared throughout the series, kinda making for a Where’s Wally / Waldo experience. For example, the cameo of Snowy from Tintin was actually quite moving, which… yeah, perhaps It would be good to re-post here, sometime? (it got lost in the big site move)

The UK’s Bryan Talbot is an absolute mad-lad to me, alongside other UK comics geniuses such as Pat Mills, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Posy Simmonds, for example.

Here’s his LBK:
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/talbot_bryan.htm