This is the second volume of “La Génie des alpages”, a
French comic created by Richard Peyzaret, also known as F'Murr. No English
version seems to exist, but I've read a Swedish translation. The comic is
slightly Dadaistic and bizarre. I don't think it's intended for kids. The main
characters are a shepherd and his talking sheepdog somewhere in the Swiss Alps.
The sheep are terrorists and attack tourists or airplanes. A lost lion trying
to find his way back to Africa, a silly St Bernard, a dog-sphinx and talking
snakes are other ingredients. The humor is frequently quasi-intellectual, with
references to George Orwell, Albert Einstein, Gothic architecture and Christian
theology. At one point, the sheepdog and the sphinx provoke a war between
Switzerland and Egypt! Not sure how to rate this menagerie of the absurd, but
for old times' sake, I give it…five stars.
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