THE OLD GEEZERS - French Comics...

1. ALIVE AND STILL KICKING

“You’re inconsequential, archaic, bigoted; you’ve sacrificed the entire planet and starved the third-world!

In eighty years, you’ve caused almost all living species to go extinct, you’ve exhausted resources and eaten all the fish! Fifty billion chickens

are raised in battery farms every year around the world, and yet people are dying of hunger.

Historically speaking, you... You’re the worst generation in the history of humanity”

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CODE PRIX : DA03ISBN 978-2-5050-1993-0

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1. ALIVE AND STILL KICKING

WRITER

Wilfrid LUPANO

ARTIST AND COLORIST

Paul CAUUET

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WHY... MILSEY! YOU’RE NOT READY YET?!

READY FOR WHAT?

OH, SHIT! LUCETTE!

| DON’T BELIEVE

THIS.

HMMPFFFF!

MOVE IT AND GET YOUR SUIT

ON!

GGNNNNNNN…

JESSICA!| TOLD

YOU, THESE NEW CHAIRS ARE

NO GOOD.

LET ME HELP YOU UP,

MR. ÉMILE.

SHIT, THE SUIT.

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GREAT, WE’RE ALREADY AN HOUR LATE. ALL THAT SO YOU COULD END UP

IN THESE OLD RAGS.YEAH,

WELL, IT’S A GOOD THING

MR. PADOUX WAS THERE TO HELP

ME OUT.

A JACKET MADE OUT OF BALL SACK AND PANTS THAT DON'T EVEN FIT. | WOULDN’T CALL

THAT HELPING OUT.

|F WE RUN INTO

THE FASHION POLICE, WE’RE

SCREWED.

| LIKE MR. PADOUX.

THE RESTING ELMS WOULDN’T BE THE

SAME WITHOUT HIM.

RESTING ELMS! TALK

ABOUT A MORONIC NAME FOR A RETIREMENT

HOME.

AND CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHY YOU'RE BRINGING BREAD TO A CREMATION CEREMONY?

DO YOU INTEND TO MAKE TOAST?

|T’S MY WHOLE GRAIN BREAD,

YOU IDIOT. FRESH FROM THIS MORNING, |’M NOT

LETTING IT GO TO WASTE.

DO YOU PLAN ON HONKING AND

FLASHING YOUR LIGHTS LIKE THIS THE WHOLE WAY?

YES. |’VE NOTICED

PEOPLE TEND TO PAY MORE ATTENTION WHEN | DO.

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SO, ANY PUSSY HERE?

HEH, HEH. STILL THE SAME OLD

GODFATHER.

SORRY, ALEXANDRE. WE BROKE DOWN. THEN AGAIN, ME

AND CREMATIONS, WELL...

DON’T WORRY ABOUT

IT.

HI, MILSEY.

DAD TOOK AUNT PÉLAGIE HOME.

SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL. HE'LL BE BACK SOON. MAKE YOURSELVES A

DRINK WHILE YOU WAIT.

"ANY PUSSY HERE?"

HOW COULD YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON A DAY LIKE TODAY? YOU'LL

NEVER CHANGE!

CALM DOWN, WILL YOU, IT WAS A JOKE BETWEEN ME AND MY GODSON. YOU HAD TO BE

THERE.

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WHO'S… WHO'S THAT YOUNG THING, OVER

THERE?

YEP, | THINK YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT. LET'S

JUST HOPE SHE DOESN'T HAVE HER PERSONALITY.

HELLO, ASSHOLES.

HEY, THERE HE IS!

SORRY, ANTOINE, IT WAS MY

FAULT.

FROM HERE, |'D SAY IT'S SOPHIE, ANTOINE'S GRANDDAUGHTER. | THINK

| REMEMBER HIM SAYING HE WAS ABOUT TO BE A GREAT-GRANDFATHER.

SHE'S THE SPITTING IMAGE OF LUCETTE!! IT'S LIKE TRAVELING

BACK IN TIME!

| SHOULD'VE SERVED THE DRINKS BEFORE THE CEREMONY. THEN MAYBE YOU WOULD'VE SHOWED

UP ON TIME.

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HOW DO YOU FEEL?

LIKE A DOUBLE AMPUTEE.

MY FEET ITCH.

HOW WAS THE CEREMONY?

SOBER. |T WASN'T MY FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP, WHICH |'M THANKFUL FOR. THEN AGAIN, SHE

WAS PRETTY POPULAR AROUND HERE-- HER AND HER LITTLE RED TRUCK.

EVERYBODY KNEW HER.

KNEW HER AND LOVED

HER.

SHIT, HIDE ME. ?

ANTOINE!

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JANINE, SO NICE OF YOU TO COME.

OH, NO SENSE MAKING A BIG HOOPLA

OVER IT. | JUST WANTED TO STOP BY AND SAY HI,

EVEN IF YOU THINK THAT'S GAUCHE.

| DID LIKE LUCETTE.

|T MUST'VE BROKEN YOUR HEART TO FIRE HER, BACK IN

THE DAY.

SHE NEGOTIATED A GREAT SEVERANCE PACKAGE, BECAUSE

AT THE TIME, THE FAMOUS GARAN-SERVIER LABORATORY

WAS WIPING ITS ASS WITH THE LABOR CODE.

WHEN YOU MAKE A FORTUNE MANUFACTURING ANTIDEPRESSANTS, A SHITTY WORLD IS AUTOMATICALLY

A DREAM COME TRUE!

THIS PROBABLY ISN'T THE TIME TO GO ALL UNION ACTIVIST AGAIN. YOU'RE RETIRED, IN CASE YOU

FORGOT.

AT ANY RATE, HOW NICE OF MR. BIG

SHOT GARAN-SERVIER TO SEND A LOW-RANKING MEMBER

OF HIS STAFF TO BID FAREWELL TO ONE OF HIS FORMER

EMPLOYEES. BUT HE COULD'VE MADE AN EFFORT AND

COME HIMSELF.

AFTER ALL, LUCETTE WORKED FOR HIM FOR TEN YEARS, AND | PUT

IN FORTY!

| WAS A YOUNG HR DIRECTOR, | HAD MY ORDERS. PLUS, YOU KNOW VERY WELL SHE RESIGNED ON HER OWN.

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THE OLD MAN'S HEALTH ISN'T SO GOOD THESE DAYS.

EVER SINCE HIS SONS REMOVED HIM FROM THE BUSINESS, HE'S BEEN WASTING AWAY.

ALZHEIMER AND THE WHOLE SHEBANG.

PLUS, THE WHOLE SUCCESSION ISSUE ISN'T CLEAR

CUT. SOME PEOPLE SAY IT DOESN'T ADD UP, IF YOU KNOW WHAT | MEAN. SOMETHING ABOUT ONE HUNDRED

MILLION MISSING EUROS...

LAUGH ALL YOU WANT, BUT | CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THINGS ARE TENSE AT

THE FAMILY MEETINGS! THERE'S NO WAY OF KNOWING WHERE THE MONEY IS. THEY ENDED

UP SHIPPING THE OLD MAN OFF TO THEIR ESTATE IN TUSCANY FOR A BIT, THAT'S

HOW BADLY THEY WANTED TO STRANGLE HIM.

HOLD ON, |'M SURE | HAVE SOME CHANGE!

SORRY TO INTERRUPT, LITTLE LADY, BUT WE DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT THE GARAN-SERVIER CLAN'S MONEY PROBLEMS. A LIFELONG FRIEND OF OURS HAS JUST LEFT US, |'LL HAVE YOU KNOW, AND SHE WAS

SICK OF HEARING ABOUT THE GARAN-SERVIERS! SO THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY.

PIERROT MAYOU, ONE OF

MY OLDEST FRIENDS.

WAIT... PIERRE MAYOU?

|T WASN'T SABOTAGE: IT WAS A

DUEL OVER HONOR.

OH, NO! ONE HUNDRED MILLION EUROS ARE MISSING FROM THE GARAN-SERVIER EMPIRE!

HOW TRAGIC! ALL THEY HAVE LEFT NOW ARE TWO BILLION AND AN ISLAND

IN THE PACIFIC!

| SAW YOUR FILE IN THE ARCHIVES! 1954! SABOTAGING

THE PACKAGING CHAIN!

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A big thank you goes out to Gom, an expert in CMYK printing, for his invaluable help with the colors;

to Christel, our editor, and to the entire Dargaud team,

for being involved in this great geriatric adventure,

as well as to Phiippe and the brilliant ideas he came up with to help with our little old men.

For Clémentine and Cylène.

www.dargaud.com

© DARGAUD BENELUX 2014© 2016 CAUUET - LUPANO - DARGAUD BENELUX (Dargaud-Lombard s.a.)

Translation: Montana KaneLettering: Calix LTD

All translation, reproduction and adaptation rights strictly reserved for all countries.

Art Director: Philippe Ravon

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