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Novel Olivier/Alchimie. Original cover of T1 "L'épreuve...

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Novel Olivier/Alchimie. Original cover of T1 "L'épreuve du feu". Quality artwork illustrating the characters with Notre-Dame in the background. Graphite signed and dated 2013. TBE+. 30 X 40 cm After studying at the Beaux-Arts, Olivier Roman began his career creating illustrations for advertising agencies. Fascinated by all kinds of graphic arts, he devotes himself to the creation of trompe-l'oeil, for shops and restaurants at first, then for more important projects. On the comics side, he published the first volume of the Harry Dickson series in 1992 with Nolane at the script. This series adapts in comics the adventures of the "American Sherlock Holmes" created by Jean Ray and counts today 16 albums. In 2013, he puts in pictures Les fables de l'Humpur, the adaptation by Pierre Bordage of his eponymous novel. In 2010 comes L'alchimie, in 2013 Les fables de l'Humpur and in 2020 Roxelane. Sprague in 2022 is his last production.