Tuesday, September 2, 2003

The Saint. In French. Brilliant website about the French editions of Leslie Charteris' The Saint novels. Articles and a huge big cover gallery. Any article about the Fayard Saint series would be incomplete without a mention here of its cover artists: The first, pre-war covers were drawn (or painted) in a photo-like realistic style, often featuring a George Sanders-like likeness for Simon. Then came a series of covers signed by Ch. (Charles?) Boirau .Boirau is very likely the one who came up with the idea of incorporating the Saint stick figure created by Leslie Charteris in creative scenes and situations from the book. Boirau used gouache, and made the figure more three-dimensional, as if it had come out of a tube of toothpaste. He was overall more realistic, using shadows, perspective, etc. Further information about good old Simon Templar can be found at saint.org. 5:29:06 PM     |

The Shadoks. Brilliant. Just brilliant. Fantastic. The Shadoks are a kind of outerspace creatures designed and created by Jacques Rouxel in 1966, in the spirit of newspapers' comic-strips like "Peanuts". They first appeared on TV in 1968 and quickly became heroes ; their main mission was educative : criticism of the french society with absurd humour. Theyre here, here and here. 12:32:02 PM     |

YesYesYes, I know, I have blogged him before. But I just came across this big Belphegor photo gallery. And the comic, the book and the posters are here. BTW: The Bishop Information Minister has been fired. 12:21:09 PM     |

This is your Bishop Information Minister speaking. The person known as The Cartoonist is busy doing silly things in Soho, so check out the archives! Check out the archives! 7:40:50 AM     |