Le Fou parle, bimonthly art and humor magazine, edited and created by Jacques VALLET. N°1 April/May 1977 to n°29-30 1984. Paris, Ed. Balland, 1977/1984. All these reviews bound in three in-4 volumes in publisher's cloth bradel (some soiling and discoloration on the cover and spine of the last volume). Until 1984, Le Fou parle brought together over 600 artists and writers, including Roman CIESLEWICZ, Jean-Pierre DESCLOZEAUX, André FRANCOIS, Jean-Luc HENNIG, Roland JACQUART, ARSLAN, Jean-Marie KERLEROUX, Gilbert LASCAULT, Marcel MOREAU, Olivier O. OLIVIER, Georges PEREC, Elias PETROPOULOS, REZVANY, Roland TOPOR, Christian ZEIMERT, Daniel SOTZKY, CHAVAL, Medi HOLTROP... Also included: a set of posters and cover mock-ups printed as is.

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