Nestor Burma

Nestor Burma is a hard-boiled French private detective, created by novelist Léo Malet, who operates in a distinctly noir world of crime and mystery across Paris and beyond. The Fantagraphics editions adapt Malet's acclaimed detective fiction into graphic novel form.

Nestor Burma arrived on the Fantagraphics scene in 1990, introduced by Douglas Michael in Graphic Story Monthly #1, bringing a distinctly noir sensibility to the Copper Age of American comics publishing. Over a span stretching into 2017, this enigmatic figure carved out a niche across titles like Fog over Tolbiac Bridge: A Nestor Burma Mystery and The Bloody Streets of Paris — evocative titles that tell you everything about the shadowy, rain-slicked world he inhabits. With only seven catalog appearances, Burma is a rare find, the kind of character that rewards the curious collector willing to dig, sharing pages with the likes of Belita Morales and Gomer Goof along the way. If you love crime-drenched comics with a continental atmosphere and the quiet prestige of Fantagraphics behind them, Nestor Burma is absolutely worth tracking down.