| Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder: The Complete Graphic Noir of Manchette & Tardi Vol. 1 Contributor(s): Tardi (Author), Manchette, Jean-Patrick (Author), Thompson, Kim (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1683962869 ISBN-13: 9781683962861 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books OUR PRICE: $25.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Crime & Mystery - Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary |
| Dewey: 741.594 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.9" W x 11.8" (2.25 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the never-before-collected Griffu, the titular character is a legal advisor, not a private eye, but even he knows that when a sultry blonde appears in his office after hours, he shouldn't trust her -- and she doesn't disappoint. Griffu is soon ensnared in a deadly web of sexual betrayal, real estate fraud, and murder. In West Coast Blues, a young sales executive goes to the aid of an accident victim, and finds himself sucked into a spiral of violence involving an exiled war criminal and two hired assassins. This volume also offers a bonus, 21-page unfinished story by Manchette and Tardi, as well as a single page introduction to another incomplete story, both appearing in English for the first time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tardi, Jacques: - Jacques Tardi is a pioneering European cartoonist. His Adele Blanc-Sec series was adapted into a feature by Luc Besson, and he was behind the recent animated film April and the Extraordinary World. His comics are award winning (including the U.S.'s Eisners). He lives in Paris with his wife, the singer Dominique Grange, and their cats.Thompson, Kim: - Kim Thompson (1956-2013) was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the co-publisher of Fantagraphics Books and a champion of alternative and global comics. He lived in Seattle, WA, with his wife, Lynn, and their dog.Manchette, Jean-Patrick: - The Marseilles-born Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942-1995) authored ten short, tough-minded, highly acclaimed crime novels, as well as a multitude of other books, screen- and teleplays, magazine columns, and translations of American crime and science fiction novels. A lifelong comics fan, he also wrote the hardboiled graphic novel Griffu for Jacques Tardi in 1978, and in the late 1980s, was selected to translate the French edition of Watchmen. |