Grandville — Dark Horse Comics
Issue: #1
Two hundred years ago, Britain lost the Napoleonic War and fell under the thumb of French domination. Gaining independence after decades of civil disobedience and anarchist bombings, the Socialist Republic of Britain is now a small, unimportant backwater connected by a railway bridge, steam-powered dirigible, and mutual suspicion to France. When a British diplomat's murder is made to look like sui...
First appearances: Inspector LeBrock, Detective Roderick Ratzi
Creators: Bryan Talbot, Jordan Smith
Characters: Snowy, Snoopy, Inspector LeBrock, Detective Roderick Ratzi, Rupert the Bear, Spirou