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Nestor Burma (Graphic Novel Adaptation) #5
M’as-tu vu en cadavre?
Paris, octobre 1956. Un certain Auguste Colin, alias “Nikolson” et artiste de son état, débarque chez Nestor Burma, le célèbre détective. Il veut voir Hélène, la secrétaire de Nestor. C’est un ami du père d’Hélène, et il a besoin d’argent. Burma et Hélène se rendent chez Colin pour constater que ce dernier a disparu... Parti brusquement en tournée, dit-il dans un mot d’excuses adressé à Hélène... Dans la foulée, Nestor Burma se rend chez Mado Souldre, Agent Artistique, qui lui demande d’enquêter sur Gil Andrea pour “lui éviter des ennuis”. Depuis quelque temps en effet, Andrea n’est plus le même.
L’enquête amène Nestor et Hélène au club des admiratrices d’Andrea où Hélène fera la rencontre de Gigi, une des nombreuses cinglées qui cherchent à séduire leur vedette préférée. Gigi lui apprend le décès de Janine Dolmet, 18 ans; gravement amoureuse de Gil Andrea, elle s’est jetée par la fenêtre... “Et voilà le premier cadavre”, constate Nestor. L’enquête suit son cours et Burma rencontre Lécuyer, un musicien-parolier qui en a gros sur la patate et une dent longue comme ça contre Gil Andrea, qu’il traite de tous les noms... Autre piste à suivre, celle de Goret, l’impresario louche entre les mains duquel tombent toutes les malheureuses fans qui rêvent d’un duo avec Andrea...
Du pur Burma, du pur Malet... et du pur Tardi. Toujours autant de gouaille, une atmosphère authentique parfaitement recréée par Tardi, fidèle “adepte” de Nestor Burma. Les afficionados se souviendront que M’as-tu vu en cadavre ? a été porté à l’écran en 1982, avec Michel Serrault dans le rôle de notre détective-fétiche.
L’enquête amène Nestor et Hélène au club des admiratrices d’Andrea où Hélène fera la rencontre de Gigi, une des nombreuses cinglées qui cherchent à séduire leur vedette préférée. Gigi lui apprend le décès de Janine Dolmet, 18 ans; gravement amoureuse de Gil Andrea, elle s’est jetée par la fenêtre... “Et voilà le premier cadavre”, constate Nestor. L’enquête suit son cours et Burma rencontre Lécuyer, un musicien-parolier qui en a gros sur la patate et une dent longue comme ça contre Gil Andrea, qu’il traite de tous les noms... Autre piste à suivre, celle de Goret, l’impresario louche entre les mains duquel tombent toutes les malheureuses fans qui rêvent d’un duo avec Andrea...
Du pur Burma, du pur Malet... et du pur Tardi. Toujours autant de gouaille, une atmosphère authentique parfaitement recréée par Tardi, fidèle “adepte” de Nestor Burma. Les afficionados se souviendront que M’as-tu vu en cadavre ? a été porté à l’écran en 1982, avec Michel Serrault dans le rôle de notre détective-fétiche.
60 pages, Hardcover
First published November 24, 2000
About the author
Jacques Tardi
292 books217 followersJacques 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_...
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_...
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January 22, 2026
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.
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.
March 17, 2023
Nestor Burma orker ikke rigtigt. Det gjorde forfatteren og tegneren måske heller ikke?
January 16, 2013
Nestor Burma the pipe smoking detective in the 10e arrondissement on another case.
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