IR$ is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by

Stephen Desberg Stephen Desberg (born 10 September 1954 in Brussels) is a Belgian writer of comics. In 2010, he was the 10th bestselling author of comics in France, with 412,000 copies of all his comics together sold that year. Biography Stephen Desberg was bor ...

, illustrated by Bernard Vrancken and published by

Le Lombard ''Le Lombard'', known as ''Les Éditions du Lombard'' until 1989, is a Belgian comic book publisher established in 1946 when '' Tintin'' magazine was launched. Le Lombard is now part of Média-Participations, alongside publishers Dargaud and Du ...

in French and

Cinebook Cinebook Ltd is a British publishing company that publishes comic albums and graphic novels. It describes itself as "the 9th art publisher," the 9th art being comics in continental Europe, especially France, Belgium and Italy. They typically t ...

in English.

Story

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...

Albums

#''La voie fiscale'' 04/1999 #''La stratégie Hagen'' 04/2000 #''Blue ice'' 05/2001 #''Narcocratie'' 05/2002 #''Silicia Inc.'' 05/2003 #''Le corrupteur'' 04/2004 #''Corporate America'' 05/2005 #''La guerre noire'' 05/2006 #''Liaisons romaines'' 05/2007 #''La loge des assassins'' 05/2008 #''Le chemin de Gloria'' 06/2009 #''Au Nom du Président'' 06/2010 #''L'or de Yamashita'' #''Les Survivants de Nankin''

Translations

Since April 2008,

has been publishing I.R$. in English. Four albums have been released so far: #''Taxing Trails'' (includes ''The Hagen Strategy''), April 2008, #''Blue Ice'' (includes ''Narcocracy''), January 2009, #''Silicia Inc.'', January 2010, #''The Corrupter'', April 2010,

References

Lombard Editions titles Belgian comic strips Bandes dessinées Action comics Drama comics Belgian graphic novels Fictional businesspeople Thriller comics 1999 comics debuts Internal Revenue Service {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub