FOURNIER Lot n° 4

JEAN-CLAUDE FOURNIER SPIROU AND FANTASIO The rigged abbey (T.22), Dupuis 1972 Original illustration, cover pages. Signed. India ink on paper 47.7 × 32.2 cm (18.78 × 12.68 in.) "But how did he manage to pull off his trick?" asks Spip the squirrel, while little rabbits look on in hilarity. Don't dream, the emperor of illusion Itoh Kata (who appeared earlier in the complete story The Nippon Mushroom) will never tell you his little secret. This is, as we know, the characteristic of all conjurers. Nevertheless, to make Spirou appear from his bowler hat, with a simple stroke of his magic wand and in a fireworks display, is not within the reach of the first comer! That's just as well, because this accomplice of the Count of Champignac, who recently appeared under the pen of Jean-Claude Fournier, is not just anyone, quickly establishing himself as one of the most sympathetic characters in the series. With great strokes of the brush dipped in Indian ink, the author offers himself a very original double page spread. And hop! Abracadabra! Let's do it again?