RIC HOCHET & MISS OCTOBER

I've delved into the realm of various European comics once in a while over the past couple years, starting with MUSE in 2016, then BARBARELLA in 2017, then GYPSY and RAPTORS in late 2018/early 2019, and finally LADY S. in 2020. (All of these can be found at the bottom of my MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS page under "European Comics".)

I'm keeping the tradition alive this year with two shortish series (at least as far as English translations go; I can't find whether either of these goes beyond the volumes Comixology carries in my native language): three volumes of the Franco-Belgian RIC HOCHET (or, more properly, RIC HOCHET'S LATEST INVESTIGATIONS, as I've learned this is a twenty-first century revival of a series that ran for many years beginning in 1955), and the French MISS OCTOBER, a four-volume set. Both series are set in the 1960s, and I love period pieces from around that era (basically anything from, say the '30s to the '60s is right up my alley) -- so I'm pretty excited to check them out.

I'll do one volume a week beginning next Friday, so this should take us up through the end of April. After that, I'm considering something "Marvel"ous, but we'll see if that's still my mindset in seven weeks!

For those who wish to follow along, all volumes of both series are available digitally on Amazon: RIC HOCHET's LATEST INVESTIGATIONS | MISS OCTOBER

(And hey, if you can read French, you'll find digital editions of a bunch of the original RIC HOCHET stories on Amazon as well! It'd be cool if some company were to translate those as well...)