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Reproduction on canvas by Edgar P. Jacobs : Blake & Mortimer - The Yellow "M".
Fine Art (*) print on Premium 350 g/m2 polycotton canvas, mounted on a wooden frame, inserted into a solid wood satin black shadow box.A hook is provided on the back of the canvas for hanging.
This (very famous) visual is the cover of Volume 6 of the Blake & Mortimer adventures, released in 1956.
Medium: Premium 350 g/m2 poly-cotton canvas
French, artisanal, and extremely high-quality production
Canvas dimensions: 35 x 50 cm
Shadow box dimensions: 42 x 57 x 3.5 cm
(*) Fine Art is a generic term that encompasses printing methods such as Digigraphy (Epson's exclusive invention), Giclee (variant of the name in English-speaking countries), and the other generic term which is Pigment Print.
Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comic series created by Edgar P. Jacobs in 1946. It features the adventures of two main characters, Philip Mortimer and Captain Francis Blake, as well as many other secondary characters. The series takes place mainly in the early 20th century and is known for its scientific and historical realism. Philip Mortimer is a renowned scientist, specializing in physics and chemistry, while Captain Francis Blake is a British army officer. The two men are great friends and often work together to solve scientific mysteries or criminal plots. The series was first published in 1946 with the album "The Case of the Collar," which featured the first showdown between Mortimer and Blake against a common enemy, Colonel Olrik. Since then, many other albums have been published, following the adventures of Mortimer and Blake around the world. Some of the most famous albums in the series include "The Mystery of the Great Pyramid," "The Three Formulas of Professor Sato," and "The Yellow Mark." Jacobs also created many other secondary characters for the series, such as Professor Sato, a brilliant Japanese scientist, and Ernie, Mortimer's loyal assistant. The series has been hugely successful in Belgium and has been translated into many languages worldwide. In addition to its scientific and historical realism, the series is also known for its thrilling plot and quality artwork. After Edgar P. Jacobs's death in 1987, several writers and artists have succeeded him in continuing the Blake and Mortimer series. Among the writers who have contributed to the series are Yves Sente, Jean Van Hamme, Jean-Luc Fromental, and Ted Benoît. As for the artists, they include André Juillard, Bob De Moor, Bruno Melliti, Étienne Schréder, René Sterne, Chantal De Spiegeleer, Antoine Aubin, Peter van Dongen, Teun Berserik, and Christian Cailleaux. Each of these authors brought their own vision and unique style to the series, while respecting the legacy left by Jacobs. The series has continued to be a great success with fans and has been published in many countries around the world.
Philippe BERTHET is a French-Belgian comic book author.
He soon went to comic books and first joined the Académie de Saint-Gilles, then the Institut Saint-Luc, where he took Claude Renard’s classes just after his baccalaureate. He began his career with Antonio Cossu, Andreas and Philippe Foerster. In 1978, the friends go round the periodicals but none manage to fit his works there...
It was thanks to Cossu that Berthet managed to start publishing in the journal Spatial. He then landed a publication in Spirou : Couleur Café.
At the beginning of his career, he tried his hand at crime fiction, but also at western or science fiction. The thriller, where her very classy drawing and perfect framing do wonders, just like her fatal women, will become her favorite genre.
He places his stories in the Hollywood of the 1940s and can thus affirm his palette which is not without echoing, at the literary level, to a James Ellroy. It will be The private of Hollywood, The eye of the hunter or The lady, the swan and the shadow that will mark this period.
In the 90s, On the road to Selma, written by Tome, still affirms his talent and the great class of his classic drawing. He then set off again for the western with Chiens de Prairie, where Calamity Jane’s letters to his daughter are used. Here again, Berthet does not choose the facility for a violent and very profound story.
From the 90s, in parallel, Berthet brought out stories of "pin-up". His passion for this version of comics is not new but it is his artistic encounter with Yann that will give birth to Dottie, in Pin-up for Dargaud. Situating the first period during the Second World War, the narrative will later embrace the Cold War, allowing a wide range of visual expression.
He will then come up with the idea of the fatal woman with The Exploits of Poison Ivy, always with Yann, in adventures that look on the side of espionage. He covers the theme with Fred Duval in Nico, for two volumes.
He then participated in XIII Mystery, in Ligne noire (anthology of sexy heroines) before tackling the prequel of Largo Winch for La fortune des Winczlav on a scenario by Jean Van Hamme, always with as much success !
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