Max Faccioni
Created by Gérard Goffaux (AKA Goff)

Originally a Belgian BD about an adventurous and determined hardboiled American private eye, the first adventures MAX FACCIONI appeared in Le journal illustré in 1982, clearly aimed at the adult market. His subsequent adventures, toned down a bit, appeared in Spirou.

And then, several years later, in 1999, Sunset Strips, out of Beverly Hills, California, announced an ambitious 12 -part, bi-monthly comic book series that was to start in September, featuring reprints in English, with story and art by "Goff" (a pseudonym of Max's creator, Gérard Goffaux).

An interesting aspect of the new series is that it seems to be told in a series of flashbacks, with a coroner detailing Max's life to a rookie newspaper reporter, Chartlton Evans, over Max's corpse at the morgue. I'm not sure, though, if they're original stories, reprints or redrawn rehashes of the original stories.

COMICS

• LE JOURNAL ILLUSTRÉ
  (1982)
  First story arc
  Story and art: Gérard Goffaux
  .
• SPIROU
  (1984--)
  Subsequent story arcs.
  Story and art: Gérard Goffaux
  .
• THE DETECTIVE: CHRONICLES OF MAX FACCIONI
  (1999, Sunset Strips)
  Story and art: Goff
  Covers: Michael Wm. Kaluta.

• "The Punch" (1999, #1)
• "Death on a Leash" (1999)

COLLECTIONS

• Faccioni (1982, Editions Michel Deligne; in French)

RELATED LINKS

• The Sunset Strips Collection
  The official site for the Californian publishers of the recent Max Faccioni reprints, complete with previews, buying and contact information.

Report respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.

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