Well, well!
And do you know where he lives?And you, madame! Do you recognise this shady person?
I see, I see!
But where is he hiding?
Haha, I thought she dealt with the manatee and goose rather well.
So I recently rediscovered this lovely comic which I had as a kid. In French it’s Pas de grisbi pour Grabote, or “No cheese (money) for Grabote.” It’s a little book of 18pp, the second of Claveloux’ Grabote series. I found it super-cute, whimsical, absurd and inventive, altho at times there was sort of a menacing ‘Ralph Steadman’ vibe as well. So-- something to generally amuse kids, but also something to intrigue creative types, perhaps.
One can read it online below, using the buttons at the bottom to navigate:
Difficult to pinpoint exactly why it feels political. I think the little guy trying to get things done from the bigger creatures in a quote repetitive manner already kinda hints at it for me (the ostrich represents x, they other creature represents Y, and so on)
But especially near the end there’s a lot of imagery that I feel could as well be used in the working class revolts for example.