Bandes Dessinees - French comic books - have a strong history of noir. Amongst the lions of the new generation is Ralph Meyer, who returned from a Buddhist monestary in Tibet to pen the amazing Berceuse Assassinee:



Whilst racking up the pennies in the first half of the decade, Ralph began work on his current magnum opus XIII Mysteres:



This is now on its third triumphant volume and looks destined to keep Ralph in crepes well into his pensionable age.