Jacques Tardi, Nestor Burma, 120, rue de la Gare, Tome 2, 1988, Page 102, lot 43

Jacques Tardi

Nestor Burma, 1988
120, rue de la Gare, Tome 2
Page 102
lot 43
India ink on paper
40 x 29 cm ( 15,75 x 11,42 in )
Editor Casterman
Unsigned
id. 6994

In 1986, Jacques Tardi adapted his second Nestor Burma: "120, Rue de la Gare". It was to be an absolute comic-book masterpiece. Written in the spring of 1942, a year after his release from the Stalag on medical grounds, 120, Rue de la Gare was Léo Malet?s first novel centring on the detective from the Fiat Lux agency. Not until 1953, however, did he come up with the idea of writing ?Nouveaux Mystères de Paris? (New Paris Mysteries), with each novel taking place in a different area of Paris. Page 102 corresponds to the one that appeared in the album pub-lished by Casterman in January 1988. Burma and his fellow travel-ling companions bowl along towards the next page ? where they will be entering occupied territory.