FOURNIER Lot n° 16

JEAN-CLAUDE FOURNIER SPIROU AND FANTASIO The rigged abbey (T.22), Dupuis 1972 Original plate n° 39, prepublished in the Journal de Spirou n° 1760 of January 6, 1972. Signed. India ink on paper 29.7 × 42 cm (11.69 × 16.54 in.) The Grand Master (his henchmen call him that) of the organization "The Triangle" has a lot of trouble with his surprise guests. The latter are trafficking in his precious instruments, which are supposed to protect his "rigged" abbey. Fournier's humor works here at full speed. Both textually (a staccato of puns, bam, bam, striking) and visually. His nervous cutting and his expressive line attest to a real rise in quality. The author takes an obvious pleasure to draw all his little world, including squirrels and birds.