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“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”
LUPANO CAUUET
THE OLD GEEZERS
ALIVE AND STILL KICKING
1. ALIVE AND STILL KICKING
CODE PRIX : DA03
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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!
JESSICA!
| DON’T
BELIEVE
THIS.
HMMPFFFF!
| TOLD
YOU, THESE
NEW CHAIRS ARE
NO GOOD.
GGNNNNNNN…
LET ME
HELP YOU UP,
MR. ÉMILE.
MOVE
IT AND GET
YOUR SUIT
ON!
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.
A JACKET MADE OUT OF BALL
SACK AND PANTS THAT DON'T
EVEN FIT. | WOULDN’T CALL
THAT HELPING OUT.
AND CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME
WHY YOU'RE BRINGING BREAD
TO A CREMATION CEREMONY?
DO YOU INTEND TO
MAKE TOAST?
|F WE
RUN INTO
THE FASHION
POLICE, WE’RE
SCREWED.
| LIKE
MR. PADOUX.
THE RESTING ELMS
WOULDN’T BE THE
SAME WITHOUT
HIM.
YEAH,
WELL, IT’S A
GOOD THING
MR. PADOUX WAS
THERE TO HELP
ME OUT.
RESTING
ELMS! TALK
ABOUT A MORONIC
NAME FOR A
RETIREMENT
HOME.
DO YOU PLAN
ON HONKING AND
FLASHING YOUR LIGHTS
LIKE THIS THE
WHOLE WAY?
|T’S MY
WHOLE GRAIN BREAD,
YOU IDIOT. FRESH FROM
THIS MORNING, |’M NOT
LETTING IT GO
TO WASTE.
YES.
|’VE
NOTICED
PEOPLE TEND
TO PAY MORE
ATTENTION
WHEN | DO.
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SO, ANY PUSSY
HERE?
DON’T
WORRY
ABOUT
IT.
HEH, HEH.
STILL THE
SAME OLD
GODFATHER.
HI,
MILSEY.
DAD TOOK
AUNT PÉLAGIE HOME.
SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL.
HE'LL BE BACK SOON.
MAKE YOURSELVES A
DRINK WHILE YOU
WAIT.
SORRY,
ALEXANDRE. WE BROKE
DOWN. THEN AGAIN, ME
AND CREMATIONS,
WELL...
"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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FROM HERE, |'D SAY IT'S SOPHIE,
ANTOINE'S GRANDDAUGHTER. | THINK
| REMEMBER HIM SAYING HE WAS ABOUT
TO BE A GREAT-GRANDFATHER.
WHO'S… WHO'S
THAT YOUNG
THING, OVER
THERE?
SHE'S THE SPITTING
IMAGE OF LUCETTE!!
IT'S LIKE TRAVELING
BACK IN TIME!
YEP, | THINK YOU
MIGHT BE RIGHT. LET'S
JUST HOPE SHE DOESN'T
HAVE HER PERSONALITY.
| SHOULD'VE SERVED
THE DRINKS BEFORE THE
CEREMONY. THEN MAYBE
YOU WOULD'VE SHOWED
UP ON TIME.
HEY, THERE
HE IS!
SORRY,
ANTOINE,
IT WAS MY
FAULT.
HELLO,
ASSHOLES.
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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.
|T MUST'VE
BROKEN YOUR
HEART TO FIRE
HER, BACK IN
THE DAY.
| DID LIKE
LUCETTE.
| WAS A YOUNG
HR DIRECTOR, |
HAD MY ORDERS.
PLUS, YOU KNOW
VERY WELL SHE
RESIGNED ON
HER OWN.
SHE NEGOTIATED A GREAT
SEVERANCE PACKAGE, BECAUSE
AT THE TIME, THE FAMOUS
GARAN-SERVIER LABORATORY
WAS WIPING ITS ASS WITH
THE LABOR CODE.
THIS PROBABLY ISN'T THE
TIME TO GO ALL UNION
ACTIVIST AGAIN. YOU'RE
RETIRED, IN CASE YOU
FORGOT.
WHEN YOU MAKE
A FORTUNE MANUFACTURING
ANTIDEPRESSANTS, A SHITTY
WORLD IS AUTOMATICALLY
A DREAM COME TRUE!
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!
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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...
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!
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?
| SAW YOUR
FILE IN THE ARCHIVES!
1954! SABOTAGING
THE PACKAGING
CHAIN!
|T WASN'T
SABOTAGE:
IT WAS A
DUEL OVER
HONOR.
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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.
Art Director: Philippe Ravon
www.dargaud.com
© DARGAUD BENELUX 2014
© 2016 CAUUET - LUPANO - DARGAUD BENELUX (Dargaud-Lombard s.a.)
Translation: Montana Kane
Lettering: Calix LTD
All translation, reproduction and adaptation rights strictly reserved for all countries.
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About Mediatoon Licensing :
Mediatoon was created by the Média-Participations
group, the European leader in French-language
comics and manga and one of the major producers of
animated cartoons in Europe. Mediatoon oversees the
group’s rights management in comic book publishing
and audiovisual productions. The Mediatoon Foreign
Rights department is responsible for selling licenses to
international publishers, magazines, and newspapers.
MFR handles the foreign rights for the comic books
published by the five imprints within the group, namely
Dargaud, Dupuis, Le Lombard, Lucky Comics and
Kana, as well as for illustrated children books released
by the new imprint Little Urban. MFR also sells foreign
rights for derivative publications of the animated series
produced by Média-Participations.
Over 1.5 million licensed editions of the group’s comic
albums in foreign languages are sold every year, in over
40 countries and in more than 30 languages.
Contact Foreign Rights: Mrs Sophie CASTILLE [email protected]
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This extract was translated with the support of the CNL.
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“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”
LUPANO CAUUET
THE OLD GEEZERS
ALIVE AND STILL KICKING
1. ALIVE AND STILL KICKING
CODE PRIX : DA03
I SB N 978-2-5050-1 993-0
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