Les Innommables
Les Innommables ("The Unnameables") is a Franco-Belgian comic series written by Yann le Pennetier and drawn by Didier Conrad. It began publication in serialized form in 1980 in "Spirou" magazine and was eventually published in album form by Dargaud. The series recounts the adventures of three U.S. Army deserters – Mac, Tony and Tim – in 1949, as they trek across Asia and search for Alix, who is Mac's lover and a Chinese communist spy. "Les Innommables" is characterized by its black humor as well as frequent displays of nudity and violence – which eventually ended the series' run  in "Spirou". The first edition of the album "Alix-Noni-Tengu" contained two alternative endings. In re-editions, only the second ending was retained. The character of Alix was made the subject of a six-volume spin-off series, "Tigresse blanche". "Les Innommables" has been translated into German ("Helden ohne Skrupel") and Dutch ("De onnoembaren"). The album "Pas-de-mâchoire" was nominated for the 2001 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario. Albums. The initial volumes "Aventure en jaune" and "Shukumeï" were published in 1983 by Temps Futurs and in 1987 by Bédéscope, respectively. The entire series was published by  Dargaud from 1996 to 2004: A black-and-white magazine supplement, "Matricule triple zéro" (1996), takes place prior to the events of the albums, and recounts the desertion of the three protagonists.