Nestor Burma: Wie steht mir Tod?

Nestor Burma (Graphic Novel Adaptation) #5

by Jacques Tardi, Léo Malet

Jeder Paris-Besucher, der sich für die Anreise mit dem Zug entscheidet, kennt wohl die Gegend ein bisschen, in der "Wie steht mir Tod?" spielt - das 10. Arrondissement rund um den Gare de l'Est nämlich! Versetzt man sich in die Handlung und das Jahr 1956, steigt man die merkwürdige Treppe mit ihrem ovalen Mittelteil neben dem Bahnhof empor, betritt ein altes Bistro und trifft auf einen betrunkenen Nestor Burma, der aus der Profisäuferin und Ex-Chansonnière Clara Nox Fakten herauszuquetschen versucht. Ihr Lover, der erfolgreiche Schnulzensänger Gil Andrea, hat sie abserviert, ist aber selbst seit einigen Tagen komisch drauf, weshalb seine Managerin Mado Burma auf ihn angesetzt hat, um herauszufinden, was denn da faul ist im Staate Dänemark. Ein Höhepunkt der Tardi/Malet-Kooperation, die über den Tod von Malet hinaus weiterlebt!

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Comics, Graphic Novels, Detective, Crime, Audiobook, France

64 pages, Hardcover

First published November 24, 2000

About the author

Jacques Tardi is a French comics artist, born 30 August 1946 in Valence, Drôme. He is often credited solely as Tardi.

After graduating from the École nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris, he started writing comics in 1969, at the age of 23, in the comics magazine Pilote, initially illustrating short stories written by Jean Giraud and Serge de Beketch, before creating the political fiction story Rumeur sur le Rouergue from a scenario by Pierre Christin in 1972.

A highly versatile artist, Tardi successfully adapted novels by controversial writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline or crime novelist Léo Malet. In Malet's case, Tardi adapted his detective hero Nestor Burma into a series of critically acclaimed graphic novels, though he also wrote and drew original stories of his own.

Tardi also created one of French comics' most famous heroines, Adèle Blanc-Sec. This series recreates the Paris of early 20th century where the moody heroine encounters supernatural events, state plots, occult societies and experiments in cryogenics.

Another graphic novel was Ici Même which was written by Jean-Claude Forest, best known as the creator of Barbarella. A satire, it describes the adventures of Arthur Même who lives on the walls of his family's former property.

Tardi has produced many antiwar graphic novels and comics, mainly focusing on the collective European trauma of the First World War, and the pitfalls of patriotism spawned several albums (Adieu Brindavoine, C'était la guerre des tranchées, Le trou d'obus, Putain de Guerre...). His grandfather's involvement in the day-to-day horrors of trench warfare, seems to have had a deep influence to his artistic expression. He also completed a four-volume series on the Paris Commune, Le cri du peuple.

Fantagraphics Books translate and publish in English a wide range of Tardi's books, done by editor and translator Kim Thompson.[3] The books released so far are West Coast Blues (Le Petit bleu de la côte ouest), You Are There (Ici Même), and It Was the War of the Trenches (C'était la guerre des tranchées); a single album collecting the first two Adele Blanc-Sec volumes has also been published.

->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_...

Reviews

[Nestor B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another Burma mystery, this time set in the French pop music industry, because nothing says moral decay quite like show business. It’s a grubby little story soaked in jealousy, prostitution, exploitation, and desire, with all the glamour carefully scraped off.

Hélène gets dragged through the wringer more than once, and the running banter between her and Burma provides a welcome dose of humor amid all the sleaze. Their relationship remains one of the series’ quiet pleasures; half flirtation, half mutual exasperation.

As usual, both the artwork and the storytelling are on the same reliably high level. Tardi’s Paris still looks better than the real thing, and Burma still looks like a man who regrets every life choice that led him into yet another mess.

[Mikael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nestor Burma orker ikke rigtigt. Det gjorde forfatteren og tegneren måske heller ikke?

[Lysergius · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nestor Burma the pipe smoking detective in the 10e arrondissement on another case.