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The Adventures of Jodelle

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Best known for his collage-style images of celebrities and a handful of classic record covers , the Belgian painter, illustrator and cartoonist Guy Peellaert created two major graphic novels in the 1960s.

Originally serialized in the satirical French magazine Hara-Kiri and subsequently released as a very early adult graphic novel by the legendary French comics publisher Eric Losfeld, The Adventures of Jodelle melded the bold compositional skills of a top pop-art-era draftsman with a unique sensitivity to the comics medium.

Jodelle, a satirical spy adventure set in an Asterix-style anachronistic Cesarepoch fantasy Rome featuring both billboards and vampires, was published in English in 1967 by Grove Press, whose legendary editor-in-chief Richard Seaver also provided the translation.

Jodelle will be restored and re-colored digitally to improve on the original's sometimes shaky color separations, as well as re-translated and re-lettered, and will feature a major analytical/contextual essay by the French art and comics critic and historian Pierre Sterckx discussing the work and its historical context -- plus a huge selection of never-before-seen archival art reproductions, sketches, photographs, etc. It will be printed as a lush, oversized hardcover, in a way that highlights the eye-popping, psychedelic color.

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Release: April 20, 2013

ISBN: 1606995308

ISBN 13: 9781606995303

The Adventures of Jodelle

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Best known for his collage-style images of celebrities and a handful of classic record covers , the Belgian painter, illustrator and cartoonist Guy Peellaert created two major graphic novels in the 1960s.

Originally serialized in the satirical French magazine Hara-Kiri and subsequently released as a very early adult graphic novel by the legendary French comics publisher Eric Losfeld, The Adventures of Jodelle melded the bold compositional skills of a top pop-art-era draftsman with a unique sensitivity to the comics medium.

Jodelle, a satirical spy adventure set in an Asterix-style anachronistic Cesarepoch fantasy Rome featuring both billboards and vampires, was published in English in 1967 by Grove Press, whose legendary editor-in-chief Richard Seaver also provided the translation.

Jodelle will be restored and re-colored digitally to improve on the original's sometimes shaky color separations, as well as re-translated and re-lettered, and will feature a major analytical/contextual essay by the French art and comics critic and historian Pierre Sterckx discussing the work and its historical context -- plus a huge selection of never-before-seen archival art reproductions, sketches, photographs, etc. It will be printed as a lush, oversized hardcover, in a way that highlights the eye-popping, psychedelic color.

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Release: April 20, 2013

ISBN: 1606995308

ISBN 13: 9781606995303

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