Jacques Tardi Knihy

Patrně nejslavnější dílo jednoho z nejlepších francouzských komiksových tvůrců je ve světě komiksu tím, čím je první světové válce (i válce obecně) Na západní frontě klid nebo Barbussův Oheň. Jacques Tardi, kterému o „Velké válce“ v raném dětství vyprávěli prarodiče, o ní napsal a nakreslil řadu děl, ve kterých ale na rozdíl od románů využívá toho, že se může víc opřít o obrazovou stránku. Tady nečekejte žádné hlavní hrdiny, kompozici, jednotu místa a děje, zápletky, nic podobného: zato syrovou chuť strachu, smrti a bezmoci, jakou se v podobné naléhavosti podařilo ze zákopů první světové války do našeho světa přenést málokomu.

Komiksová adaptace detektivního románu Léa Maleta Paříž, padesátá léta. Jednoho dne zaklepe na soukromého detektiva Nestora Burmu jeho minulost, když ho mladá žena jménem Bélita zavede do nemocnice Salpetriere. Tam Burma objeví nedávno zesnulého Abela Benoîta, starého známého z anarchistických dnů. Zatímco Burma se poté rozhodl vydat na (více méně) spořádanou cestu soukromého očka, jeho známý zůstal na opačné straně zákona jako padělatel, až dokud ho nedostihla jeho vlastní minulost. Je nyní na Burmovi, aby pomstil dávného přítele a odhalil tajemství, jehož kořeny sahají až do dvacátých let…

Mladá šarmantní reportérka Adéla Blanc se neohroženě vrhá do boje s podvodníky, šílenými vědci i zkorumpovanými politiky. Ve chvíli, kdy Paříž ohrožuje 136 milionů let starý ptakoještěr, je to právě ona, kdo přispěchá městu světel a jeho obyvatelům na pomoc… Jeden z nejslavnějších francouzských komiksů konečně vychází i v Česku!

The second of two volumes presenting all four hardboiled graphic crime novels by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Tardi. Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot ― Martin Terrier, killer-for-hire, needs just one more big job so that he can turn in his guns for good and return home to marry his childhood sweetheart. But soon, he’s on the run ― not only from the authorities and his treacherous ex-clients, but also from a crime syndicate seeking revenge for an earlier hit on one of theirs. In Run Like Crazy, Run Like Hell, philanthropist Michael Hartog hires Julie, just out of a psychiatric asylum, as a nanny. But he plans to fake the kidnapping of his son, Peter ― and frame Julie for it. But Julie is no pushover, and soon, Julie and Peter are on the run, pursued by the police, and by Hartog’s enforcer, the hulking contract killer, Thompson.

When captured French soldier René Tardi finally gets a taste of freedom, as prisoners and German officers alike are forced to evacuate the POW camp he has languished in for the past four years. Thus, begins the long, grueling journey eastward, where Tardi and his fellow POWs must evade the pursuing Russian Army, stave off their gnawing hunger, and contend with the increasingly vicious German soldiers accompanying them

The experiences of World War I from the perspectives of soldiers on the battle field and their families at home.

"I, René Tardi, had fought...to destroy the enemy. I obeyed. Yes, I had fought, and on Wednesday, May 22, 1940, 12 days after the offensive, in the early morning at the edge of the woods, I had been captured." Thus begins the dark turn in Stalag IIB, Jacques Tardi's gripping and humane biographical portrait of his father's life as a soldier during WWII. Captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp where he spends the rest of the war, René Tardi lives a harrowing day-to-day existence. He recalls in vivid detail roll calls in sub-zero temperatures, senseless executions--and especially the gnawing hunger. And yet, in the face of daily brutality, he perseveres, thinking of his wife Henriette, awaiting his return home to France"--Page 4 of cover

The first of two volumes presenting all of the world-renowned hardboiled crime graphic novels (one of which has never before been collected in English!). 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.

After five agonizing years as a prisoner of war and five months on a grueling march homeward, Rene Tardi, the legendary cartoonist's father, is awarded fifteen days of military leave. Rene struggles to rebuild his health, reconnect with his family, and imagine his future. With limited job opportunities, Rene re-enlists as a soldier, despite his disgust. After the birth of his son, Jacques, Rene receives new orders: return to Germany and help rebuild the country that imprisoned him. The story takes an autobiographical turn as the focus shifts to Jacques' recreated childhood memories and an exploration of the traumatic effects of war that ripple through the generations.

Jacques Tardi adapts ace crime writer Jean-Patrick Manchette for the third time in Run Like Crazy Run Like Hell. Michel Hartog, a rich industrialist, hires a young woman, Julie, straight out of the psychiatric asylum to work as a nanny for his bratty nephew Peter. But Hartog plans to stage a fake kidnapping of his nephew and use Julie as a scapegoat. Unfortunately for Hartog, Julie proves infinitely more tough and resourceful than he expected, the kidnapping goes horribly, bloodily wrong, and now Julie and Peter are on the run, pursued both by the police and by Hartog's goons, led by the aging but fantastically dangerous contract killer Thompson.