Stephen Desberg

I came across this comic book (and several others) while browsing through French bookstore. I was interested by the titles and what I could read from the back cover and started searching for any issues translated to English. I found them and immediately dived in. I have to say IR$ is a series that you need to start from beginning - this is chapter #2 (more precisely #3 and #4 in original publishing order). Story by itself is interesting, choice of law enforcement agency somewhat puzzling and character very intruiging - he looks like a younger brother of Bruno Brasil, another French (or was it Belgium?) comic book hero. But as I said this is second collection so lots of questions come up that might have been answered in the first collected issue - so remember always read in order.


Art is good, only issue I had is when presenting criminal gang members in one part of story - they all have beards and they tend to look a like which was slightly distracting.

Recommended.… (mais)

Il y a plusieurs histoires dans cette bande dessinée. Évidemment de la violence, souvent gratuite. Mais aussi de la résistance, de la résignation, des croyances et de la folie.

Et en 80 pages – d’une édition fort soignée, au dessin très maîtrisé et aux superbes aplats de couleurs – Stephen Desberg nous raconte l’horreur. La vie d’avant, l’enfer et l’après.

Avec toujours, des anges. Mais qui sont-ils et ou sont-ils au milieu de l’horreur.

"Arbeit macht frei, me dit-il en guise d’adieu. Ce qui est faux. À Auschwitz seule la mort rend libre."

Une réussite !… (mais)