I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner Of War In Stalag IIB Vol. 1 Noah Stephens BEFORE THE HOBBIT

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I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner Of War In Stalag IIB Vol. 1 Noah Stephens BEFORE THE HOBBITBy Jacques Tardi. Published by Fantagraphics. Hardcover, 192 pages, B&W and 2 Colour, 2018. The first volume of a true war trilogy by one of the greatest contemporary cartoonists. Captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp where he spends the rest of the war, Ren Tardi lives a harrowing day to day existence. He recalls in vivid detail roll calls in sub zero temperatures, senseless executionsand especially the gnawing hunger. And yet, in the face