A poignant account of an alcoholic father who drags his family into misfortune, the vagabond valise is the heart-breaking autobiographical story of siris, represented by his chicken-headed alter ego. Siris paints a sincere and poetic portrait of a troubled childhood spent in and out of foster homes, and the working-class, post-war Quebec where it took place. Ten years in the making, the vagabond valise is the first graphic novel from a founding father of the Quebec comix underground.