I.R.$. | |
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The first book in the series, Taxing Trails featuring the main character |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Le Lombard (French) Cinebook (English) |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | Graphic novel for young adults |
Number of issues | 12 (in French) 4 (in English) |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Desberg |
Artist(s) | Vrancken |
IR$ is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Stephen Desberg, illustrated by Bernard Vrancken and published by Le Lombard in French and Cinebook in English.
Contents |
Larry B. Max is one of the few specialists in a special department of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), an American tax collection agency. Reading the circuits of escape and laundering of money like no other person, Larry has all the computer resources necessary to demonstrate the links between the very rich and organized crime. One of the most difficult cases he’s come up to deals with a wealthy American Jew known for his involvement in the recovery of property confiscated by Nazis. Examining accounts of this billionaire, Larry begins a dangerous ascent to the mysterious origins of his own large fortune...[1]
Since April 2008, Cinebook has been publishing I.R.$ in English.[2] Four albums have been released so far: