Philippe Druillet, 1979, Couverture du n° 42 de la revue Les cahiers de la bande dessinée

Philippe Druillet

1979
Couverture du n° 42 de la revue Les cahiers de la bande dessinée
Coloured inks on paper
46 x 40 cm ( 18,11 x 15,75 in )
Signed bottom right
id. 6982

It was in 1972, for its seventh issue, that the fanzine Schtroumpf became Les Cahiers de la Bande Dessinée, a magazine devoted to comics in which leading comics authors of the time are interviewed and subjected to close scru-tiny by a team of dedicated specialists. The likes of Hergé, Jacobs, Franquin, Gotlib, Roba, Uderzo, and others, achieved their moment of glory in the pages of what was to become the most celebrated fanzine of its time.Philippe Druillet, one of the leading cartoonists of the period, enjoyed his moment in issue 42, published in the last quarter of 1979. He was to be followed by Morris, Hermann and Will.The magazine ceased publication in 1990 with issue no 89, devoted to Hugo Pratt.