Vance - Lot 116

Vance WILLIAM VANCE MARSHAL BLUEBERRY Mission Sherman (T.2), Alpen Publishers 1993 Original plate no. 7. Signed. India ink on paper 36.5 × 51 cm (14.37 × 20.08 in.) The mark of a great artist is to know how to do everything without denying himself. Frankly, to succeed Gir on Blueberry was a daring move! Vance has the opportunity to do just that with the two volumes of the Blueberry spin-off Marshal Blueberry. Giraud, the series' scriptwriter, narrates the Marshal's escort mission - accompanying General Sherman in the middle of the Civil War - which takes place in thick fog and driving rain. With his dry, nervous realism, Vance translates the world of the cowboy with documentary rigor and mastery. What an artist!