Mahler & Manga

Some illustration I came across for Symphony No. 3 - it perfectly captures the message of the piece... just someone on youtube who made these cool images - no idea who the illustrator is - Mahler Symphonic Manga Madness

Paul Gillon Jeremie

Another book I picked up at that rare collecting blowout was Paul Gillon's Jeremie book - he does the whole Alex Raymond Rip Kirby style so good - he makes it look way too easy... this story has pirates!

Victor de la Fuente - Haxtur - Vercingetorix

Here's some images from two books by the great Victor de la Fuente - I'm don't really do much serious collecting - so amazingly, I scored these two books in a weird way - I found the first book in a Salvation Army store, and happy with this cool find, I happen to pass by a garage sale, and there was the second book - from the legendary 'Histoire de la France en BD' series, within 15 minutes, I filled a huge gap in my collection - I was on fire that day, mostdef...

Fanfan La Tulipe - Gaty & Nortier

 

this a mid-70s book by PIF publishers - by the same team who did the Robin Hood feature. Brillant inking by Nortier and Gaty does his thing pretty good, too... This is called "The Night of the Beaver" by Editions Kangourou. This feature actually had a decent 10-year run and Editions Topinambourg reprinted the whole deal recently - cool.

Brinton Turkle - The Elves and the Shoemaker 1

http://childrensatheneum.blogspot.ca/2009/06/illustrator-of-week-brinton-turkle.html

Popped my Cork

 

This is just a random clipping that  I fgured that I had better scan because I keep misplacing it - nice pen work - no idea who the artist is...