Jamic/Original cover design for the novel "L'homme des pistes". Published by BS Lecture circa 1980. Graphite, black marker and watercolor. Signed and titled. Beautifully executed. TBE. 50 X 35 cm Jacques Michel aka Jamic began his career as a letterer for Editions Dupuis, then illustrated short stories for the weekly magazine Bonne soirée. In the 60s, he and Serge Gennaux created Les Télé-Graphistes, a humor series (Télémoustique) caricaturing Belgian and French TV personalities. In the same drawing style, he created the cover for the record "Enregistrement public n°3" (1982) by humorist Roland Magdane.

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