Juillard - Lot 88

Juillard ANDRÉ JUILLARD BLAKE AND MORTIMER The Voronov Machination (T.14), Blake et Mortimer 2000 Original plate no. 55, prepublished in Le Figaro Magazine n° 17221 of December 24, 1999. Signed. India ink and graphite on paper 41 × 53 cm (16.14 × 20.87 in.) La Machination Voronov marks Yves Sente and André Juillard's entry into the Blake & Mortimer galaxy. I told Yves Sente that I really liked harbor scenes. That gave him the idea of the Liverpool harbor chase. of Liverpool. Thanks Yves! A.J. After seizing the Claysons' adopted daughter, who is supposedly immune to a bacterium from outer space - a formidable weapon in these Cold War times - Olrik heads for the harbor to board the Baltisky, a Soviet ship. A race against time begins! There's no time to take a breather in plate 55! In pursuit of the kidnapper, a police vehicle expertly piloted by Liverpool-born Stirling, the squad's best steering wheel, weaves its way through the shortcuts of the docks. While Sergeant Clarke seems to be accustomed to his subordinate's sporty driving, Philip Mortimer and David Honeychurch are not. Well, don't they say that the end justifies the means? André Juillard delivers a formidable cut: "My first ambition was just to do Voronov as well as possible. When you're doing realistic drawing, there's always a way of hiding your shortcomings with artifice, little hatchings and things like that. In clear line, there's no room for error. A line that's too thick or too thin, or a shape that's not impeccable, are immediately obvious! It took me a long time and even more rigor than usual to get it right.