Le Tueur

From 1998 to 2014, Casterman published this taut, 13-issue crime saga written primarily by Matz and Martin Budde, with Luc Jacamon’s starkly expressive art defining its visual identity. It follows a coldly professional hitman whose methodical, detached worldview is slowly unraveled by the moral and practical consequences of his trade. The series is a landmark in European noir comics, celebrated for its psychological depth and unflinching look at the cost of a life lived by contract.