FRENCH CONNECTION ....famous french cartoon from the 20's

The compilation of the trio's adventures from 1921 to 1927.This volume, finds our heroes fighting racism .....

Can you be more French!??...

the trio's new friend : John Jackson the price fighter...

Stealing from the bourgeois ....

From left to right:Filochard,Ribouldingue,Croquignol....les pieds nickeles.....

I still can't believe i've found this here in the US .It was last week,while at my favorite bookstore here in SF, looking for xmas presents that i've found this little nugget.I ended up buying it for myself ....i couldn't help!, what are the odds of finding another copie ,as they are already hard to get in France!?

LES PIEDS NICKELES [nickeled feet] are small-time crooks, anarchists and a tad"gentlemen thiefs",as they scam everybody, but always in good spirits.

The trio first appeared in 1908 drawn by Louis Forton an ex jockey who created the strip. Their names : Croquignol,Filochard et Ribouldingue .they have no morals behave like anarchists and speak in slang,a first at a time and very modern for a publication aimed at children...only in France. This issue covers their exploits on the American continent and finds our lazy trio, reluctant to any form of authority and fighting racism.They befriend an African American price fighter and are appalled by the way he is treated by whites .We are in the 20's and the Klan is a considerable "force" to deal with at the time.Their goal will be to help him to get into places that, up until then,were forbidden to him.............

Forton also creates Bibi Fricotin but "Nickeled Feet" is his biggest success.......