SPIROU - Journal Album, n°155 - Lot 60

SPIROU - Journal Album, n°155 SPIROU JOURNAL COLLECTION (ÉDITIONS DUPUIS) 155th Album Period: Contains issues 2144 (May 17, 1979) to 2165 (October 11, 1979). Year of publication: Late 1979. Magnificent, imposing collective hardback volume, large in-4, with original red cloth spine and sumptuously illustrated front cover in full color. This historic 724-page collection brings together an impressive series of weekly issues from 1979, a golden publishing period that celebrates the 20th anniversary of Jean Roba's cult series Boule & Bill. The cover illustration, signed by André Franquin, features Gaston Lagaffe's memorable gaffe with Monsieur Dupuis. Tasked with engraving the Boule et Bill commemorative monument (marking the dates of the 1959-1979 anniversary), Gaston added his eternally flippant "etc...", under the resigned eye of his publisher. This exclusive cover, full of movement, considerably broadens the appeal of this volume, which will appeal as much to rigorous collectors of Spirou albums as to lovers of Gaston Lagaffe's universe and Franquin's style.