Jacques Tardi - Le monstre de Borough, 1981
Le monstre de Borough
India ink on paper
17,4 x 10,5 cm ( 6,69 x 3,94 in )
Editor Casterman
Signed bottom right
id. 14170
Drawing illustrating the 1st chapter of the John Flanders (JeanRay) novel, edited in 1981 in the Pocket collection "L'ami de poche" by Casterman.
We can also see the drawing on page 63 in Mine de plomb in 1985 (Hors-Série, Coll.Futuropolis de Gallimard) en 1985.
The lady with the hat looks like Adèle Blanc-Sec.