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Based on the novels of Chester Himes, this 1985 Glénat graphic novel adaptation brings the hardboiled world of Harlem detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones to French comics. Artist Florenci Clavé, who also adapted the script, translates Himes’s violent, darkly comic crime stories into a single, striking standalone volume. It stands as a distinctive European interpretation of American crime fiction, capturing the brutal energy of Himes’s work through Clavé’s expressive linework.