This omnibus collection of Laurent Rullier & Stanislaus Barthélemy's BY THE NUMBERS is bande dessinee at its finest.  Chronicling the adventures of a "timid Parisian accountant" as he travels from Marseilles to post-WW II French colonial Vietnam in 1948, readers are transported into a world of cold war post-colonial conflicts that runs for almost 200 pages, all of which are a real treat for urban armchair adventurers.  Drawn on the grand example – and after the style – of Hergé, By the Numbers more or less answers the question, "What happened to TinTin after he grew up?"  Bonus back up feartures included at no extra charge.