But it's CHEESE!

While the chapters are on summer break — both the comic and the prose — we have something we’ve been holding onto just for you.

This is the very first character animation of Kopernicus and Houdini. Our most beloved duo, moving for the first time.

Annecy celebrates the very best of 2D animation, and Kopernicus and Houdini are arriving with exactly the kind of pizzazz this festival deserves.

Kopernicus and Houdini were on one of their hilly walks through Friesian Fields. Without knowing it, they were heading straight toward the legendary Friesian Fields Cheese. Hoof-crafted, aged to perfection, and definitely off-limits.

One of them smells it. One of them has a plan. Neither of them is entirely innocent.

Kopernicus, who is often too busy wondering what could be, cannot wait to taste a sample. Houdini, on the other hand, is anxiously calculating.

Watch the cave heist below. Root for the cheese. 🧀

Animation: Megan van Hoogmoed
Music: Chihiro Nagamatsu

We want to know what you think — tell us in the comments. Should we make more? What do you imagine for these two next? Your answer genuinely helps us decide.