ALAIN DODIER PIERRE MAKYO SERGE LE TENDRE
THE SHADOW KILLER Colors: Cerise
An imprint of IDW PUBLISHING
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Twenty ! I was twenty years old and diDn’t necessarily agree with those who said that it was the perfect age…
On One hand because nineteen wasn’t too bad either…
… and on the other hand because… well, the fact is…
… regardless of what we say or do, the world can be an uncompromising and dangerous place
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Everything seems threatening to a young man at that age:leaving his family and becoming a [grown-up ]…
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TiME iT is! WHERE HAVE YOU BEeN ? !
But darling…
...Love, friends, ideas, the violence that accompanies it all… yet the entire thing can often be reduced to....
… the mundane concerns of everyday life !
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For a long time I had searched for a hero, a role model with whom I could identify… I didn’t find anyone.
I was desperate...until one day, a flash ! A breakthrough !@ My long search was finally over !! I had found one !!!
… All it took was a single look in my bathroom mirror… That’s WHEN I became my favorite hero
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Ah ! Babette.
Yeah, it's me !
I have a little present for you ! Nice !
Jerome! open up, it's me!
I'm not interrupting, am I ?
Always the same mess in here!
uh…
I had a lay= over in Tokyo yesterday and got this for your collection.
Yes ! A new recording !! The latest Japanese police siren...
Really? !! A...a siren?
oh ! I see that you’re working.
...And when will you write yours ?
Another translation of a detective novel !
Jerome ?!
You’re not even listening to me ! Those sirens make you feel like you’re a real detective !
By the way ! This envelope was Sticking out of your mailbox. one of…
...your correspondence courses, I suppose ?@
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Jerome …What?!