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You should know: Noyau is a bastard. Don't invite him: once he's at your place, he will sit in a corner, not say a word, but will observe your every move with an eye as placid as it is piercing. Then once he gets home, he will go out his most beautiful gouaches, will arm himself with a much too worn brush, and will make you or your loved ones a portrait as beautiful (in form) as it is acidic (in substance). We warn you: Noyau is a bad guy. We see it clearly in this book, Au next, composed of a series of portraits which are systematically deployed on two pages, like that of Melvin, who decides to do without everything, but not financial help from his parents; Nino, a bearded hipster, who takes so much take care to prepare your espresso so that the aperitif time arrives before the first cup; or Odile, who does not share her conspiracy theories with her son, because How do you know if this one is not an alien?… Beware: Core is a sad character. However, in the past, some publishers have given him their confidence, like Frédéric Pajak, who, within the Cahiers Dessinés, has published his previous books, such as Finger Drawings, The Art of Living or The Dirty Fingers; or Actes Sud, where he wrote L’Œuf, in the company by Anna Sommer. All wonderful books, and perhaps that is where the Core mystery: how can such an evil and dangerous being be so such a great designer? Well, in any case we warned you, Noyau is mean, like his book. Mean and even ferocious towards this sad world and those who populate it, one could even say downright scathing and politically unfriendly correct, but we have to admit: in the end it's good, and it's a GOOD.