cont inental ▁Dictionary ▁Series ) ▁ ▁Category : Co ast ▁Sal ish ▁languages ▁Category : L anguages ▁ext inct ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s <0x0A> </s> ▁Le ▁V ieux ▁Nick ▁et ▁Bar be - No ire ▁( liter ally ▁Old ▁Nick ▁and ▁Black be ard ; ▁formerly ▁Le ▁V ieux ▁Nick ) ▁is ▁a ▁Belg ian ▁com ics ▁series ▁by ▁Marcel ▁Rem acle . ▁ ▁Set ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁, ▁the ▁series ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁mis ad vent ures ▁of ▁Old ▁Nick , ▁an ▁old ▁sail or , ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁trick ery , ▁as ▁he ▁batt les ▁his ▁main ▁enemy , ▁Black be ard . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁published ▁between ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁ ▁Pro tagon ists ▁ ▁Old ▁Nick , ▁an ▁old ▁sail or . ▁Despite ▁his ▁sick ly ▁appearance , ▁his ▁is ▁very ▁fit . ▁A ▁c unning ▁character , ▁he ▁uses ▁his ▁w its ▁and ▁trick ery ▁to ▁overcome ▁his ▁enemies , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁Black be ard , ▁Old ▁Nick ' s ▁main ▁fo e . ▁Though ▁dread ed ▁by ▁many , ▁he ▁is ▁d umb ▁by ▁nature . ▁Grand pa , ▁the ▁grand pa ▁of ▁Black be ard . ▁He ▁has ▁a ▁t endency ▁to ▁s lap ▁his ▁grand son . ▁He ▁re lies ▁on ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁walking ▁stick ▁to ▁enable ▁him ▁to ▁walk . ▁Sebastian , ▁a ▁har po on er . ▁He ▁was ▁discovered