The Devil's Advocate is a comic strip published on January 13 by Delcourt in the Pataquès collection. Téhem is at the same time the scriptwriter, the illustrator and the colorist.
The daily life of a criminal lawyer in one hundred strips
The Devil's Advocate is a comic strip in 15cm * 17cm format composed of a hundred pages. Each page is dedicated to a moment in the life of the criminal lawyer told with humor mainly in four boxes. The reader follows the hero to his home, to the court, to the prison parlour, even to the cell of his clients. He sees him pleading, advising his clients, or exchanging with his intern and his wife. The drawings are simple, with a round line pleasing to the eye, but rich in details that serve the author's purpose. 
Devil's Advocate : Defending the Indefensible
In The Devil's Advocate, Tehem leaves aside the technical aspect of a criminal lawyer to focus on humorous pleadings to defend defendants. The latter are extremely varied and can just as well have really existed as be fictitious. Historical figures, legendary beings and monsters from pop culture follow one another over the pages. The lawyer defends Hitler, one of the three little pigs as well as King Kong. This wide variety of accused makes it possible to alternate treatment of serious subjects and lightness, which makes The Devil's Advocate very easy to read in one go. 
A job far from easy
Tehem also depicts the difficulty for the devil's advocate to practice his profession on a daily basis. He sometimes shows the psychological and physical consequences of being around so many mythical assassins. The hero sometimes finds himself a victim of his clients' vices or is haunted by their crimes. These small incursions that the reader is led to make into the intimacy of the lawyer make the character human and endearing. 
The Devil's Advocate of Tehem is a pleasant book whose humor often hits the mark and which manages to deal with a delicate subject with humanity.
