These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories, including: The Castafiore Emerald, Flight 714 to Sydney, and Tintin and the Picaros.

    

    From the upper echelons of their city bank – with the attendant mobile phone, expense account and trips to Henley and Glyndebourne – to the indignity of NHS prescriptions, selling insurance and letting go of the company car, their progress has not always been in a forward direction.Alex – who first appeared in the pages of the London Daily news, graduated to the Independent and now resides at the daily telegraph – chronicles the rise, fall, and reincarnation of the yuppie with tremendous wit, perception, and up-to-the-minute satire.”This is a compilation of cartoon strips; including:“The Unabashed Alex”, first published in Penguin Books 1988.“Alex II: Magnum Force”, first published in Penguin Books 1989.“Alex III: Son of Alex”, first published in Penguin Books 1990.“Alex IV: The Man with the Golden Handshake”, first published in Penguin Books 1991. Also known as "Alex: The Independent Years" (publ. 1992).

    Cartoons offer an ironic look at doctors, dentists, marriage, diners, bosses, tailors, waiters, barbers, car washes, crooks, and job interviews.