L'île de l'homme mort, Tome 7
Page 25
lot 17
India ink on paper
58 x 38 cm ( 22,83 x 14,96 in )
Editor Dargaud
Unsigned
id. 6967
Page 25 of "L’Ile de l’Homme Mort" (The Island of the Dead Man), first published in Pilote no 207, on 10 October 1963. Sequel and conclusion to Le Vaisseau Fantôme (The Phantom Ship), the album, which was the seventh in the Démon des Caraïbes (Caribbean Demon) series, only came out in hardback edition in 1967 (published by Dargaud), although it was available in paper-back from Lombard. This page presents us with the story’s various protagonists: Eric, adoptive son of Redbeard, accompanied by his two faithful companions, Pegleg and Baba. As for the Black Falcon, it finds itself once more in difficulties in the middle of a storm.The Caribbean Demon series, created by the prolific Jean-Michel Charlier, appeared in Pilote magazine from its inception in 1959, along with his two other flagship series, Astérix et Obélix and Tanguy et Laverdure.Talking about the pirate series in an interview he gave in 1978, Hubinon said: “I created this comic strip above all for the ships. Old ships are fascinating things! The difficulty lies in getting the direction of the sails right; that always worries me” (Les Cahiers de la Bande Dessinée, n°35).