We have a special treat for you today – an exclusive extract of Julia Kluge’s To Be A Brave Scout from Rotopol, based in Germany. In this 32-page comic, Kluge invites readers to wondrous adventures in nature. In a tongue-in-cheek way, she shares all kinds of impressions from the lives of brave scouts – from hiking at sunrise to picking delicious berries and camping under the stars. I’m especially impressed with Kluge’s colors, which are an enchanting part of the work.
![](https://solrad.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/To-Be-A-Brave-Scout_sample-page-733x1024.png)
![](https://solrad.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/To-Be-A-Brave-Scout_sample-page2-733x1024.png)
![](https://solrad.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/To-Be-A-Brave-Scout_sample-page3-733x1024.png)
![](https://solrad.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/To-Be-A-Brave-Scout_sample-page4-733x1024.png)
![](https://solrad.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/To-Be-A-Brave-Scout_sample-page5-733x1024.png)
![](https://solrad.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/To-Be-A-Brave-Scout_sample-page6-733x1024.png)
![](https://solrad.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/435321a73fc63c2cb0ff2496c6e7e7cd.png)
Julia Kluge works as an illustrator and artist in Leipzig. She studied communication design at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle and completed a master’s degree in illustration at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her illustrations and comics have been published and shown in multiple books, magazines and exhibitions.
To Be A Brave Scout is available from Rotopol at their website.