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The Bic allows me to get back to it several times, as many times as necessary. If
I want, to make a detail sharper, a background, for example. I always take the
time needed to get back to an image. The next day, my vision is clearer, more
lucid, I can see straight away where I got stuck the day before I stopped for
example. Besides, as there are more real elements in the
compositions, I need to be as faithful as I can to reality.
How much time does it take to do one of these
illustrations? ‘Elle s’en balance’ for example?
About 4/5 days for the inking. Before that I do some studies,
preparatory drawings, of course. For the ideas, it is more
complicated, some may add to others, or be retrieved in the
course of the reflection, without any limit of time.
‘La colère se disputant les ruines’ (‘Wrath disputing
for ruins’) is one of the most spectacular artwork of
the book. Can you tell us about it?
It is the only one I did on large format —A3. I got inspired
straight from illustrations (especially from Frantisek
Kupka), satirical magazines of the time like ‘L'Assiette au
Beurre’, ‘Le Rire’, etc. I really wanted to condemn this shit
that had been WWI, an industrial war, the stupidity of the“Chair de fer”
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greedy ones with power, having no
consideration for humans, sitting
comfortably in their armchairs near
a house fire. The bodies are shown in
a monstrous way and their weapons
are ridiculous.
All these suffering doesn’t avoid
pleasure. The only salvation?
Well, let’s say that pleasure can relieve
during a short period of time or, in the
contrary, can create a divergence, an
other suffering but more divine.
To work with History, is it
something you’d like to do again
in the future?
Why not, it will all depends on the
subject. For now, I’m leaving for
the inspired realms of the masters
engravers of the 15/17th century.
Everything will be done again with
the same technique, with a Bic pen
but red. The theme will be a funny
tale, contemporary, with some clas-
sic themes. An exhibition is already
booked in Paris for October.