Christian Debarre's Joe Bar Team comic book came out in 1990 while I was living in Bordeaux. It didn't seem too far off the anti-social and inreverent - but exciting and comic reality, of the café racing scene of Place Victoire and it's environs. The four characters first appeared in strip form in the French bike mag Moto Journal. The Asterix'esque book gained a cult following, but the rights were handed over to another artist for subsequent issues. Now translated into several different languages, this is another must-have for the book shelf of every motard / biker / caff racer.
I didn't realize until Captain Simon sent me this photo taken in Stoke (pre-crash) just what an influence 'Jean Raoul Ducable' (the character based on French Kawasaki H2 riding champion, Hubert Rigal), had been to me. BP
UP DATE Thanks to D-B Mick:English version of the first edition available in the States mailorder from Aerostich
