SPIROU - Journal Album, n°148 - Lot 54

SPIROU - Journal Album, n°148 SPIROU JOURNAL COLLECTION (ÉDITIONS DUPUIS) 148th Album Period: Contains issues 1990 (September 2, 1976) to 2007 (December 30, 1976). Year of publication: Early 1977. Magnificent, imposing collective hardback volume, large in-4, with original red cloth spine and richly illustrated front cover. This historic year-end collection features a superb series of weekly issues from 1976. This is a particularly pivotal and memorable volume, since it includes the mythical double issue of Christmas 1976, as well as the historic transition to the 2000 issue of Le Journal de Spirou, celebrated in grand style throughout these pages. The cover illustration of this volume is entirely dedicated to Gaston Lagaffe. Designed by André Franquin, it depicts a typically Lagaffian situation in which Gaston, sitting at his desk or playing with his wacky inventions, attracts the wrath of his editorial entourage. The exclusive presence of the famous goofball on the front cover gives this volume a double appeal, captivating loyal collectors of Spirou issues as well as fans of Franquin's graphics and Gaston's universe.