 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.
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