EDITED AND DESIGNED BY Dean Mullaney
Lorraine Turner PUBLISHED BY Ted Adams
ART DIRECTOR
TRANSLATIONS Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander with Dean Mullaney “Talkin’ with Joe;” “The Webster Case;” “The Fillmore Case;” “VietBlues;” “Life Ain’t a Comic Book, Baby;” “In His Infinite Wisdom”
Ariane Levesque Looker with Dean Mullaney “Constancio and Manolo,” “Dark City,” “Memories”
Katherine LaBarbera with Dean Mullaney “Twinkle, Twinkle,” “Encounters”
The stories in this volume were originally published in Europe between 1975 and 1978, except “Encounters,” which was published in 1981 and 1982.
EuroComics.us EuroComics is an imprint of IDW Publishing a Division of Idea and Design Works, LLC 2765 Truxtun Road San Diego, CA 92106 www.idwpublishing.com Distributed to the book trade by Penguin Random House Distributed to the comic book trade by Diamond Book Distributors ISBN: 978-1-63140-650-8 First Printing, May 2017 IDW Publishing Ted Adams, Chief Executive Officer/Publisher Greg Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer/President Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer David Hedgecock, Editor-in-Chief Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer Laurie Windrow, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development © 2007, 2017 Casterman, Bruxelles Translation © 2017 Library of American Comics LLC All rights reserved. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All rights reserved. The EuroComics logo and colophon is a trademark of The Library of American Comics, LLC. All rights reserved. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the comic strips in this publication may be reprinted without the permission of the publisher. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in Canada.
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Lost in your thoughts?
You know, sometimes I think I’d enjoy doing your kind of work. seriously…
Huh…What are you talkin’ about? I’m just a little drunk…and not quite drunk enough at that.
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yeah? And I wouldn’t mind havin’ your job either. Life’s tough.