The "Pieds Nickelés" – Ribouldingue, Filochard and Croquignol – carry on their conversations in painted windows above the Brasserie L'Esplanade, a trompe-l'œil perfection on Rue Louis Barthou, Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Their speech bubbles read "Chouette réception!" – "Bizarre!" – "Autant qu'étrange!" In English: 'What a welcome!' – 'Strange!' – 'As strange as can be.' The "Pieds Nickelés" are one of the oldest and most popular French comic series, created in 1908 by Louis Forton. The mural shows the well-known comic characters in two windows of a corner building as a trompe-l'œil