ROBA - Lot 50

ROBA JEAN ROBA Original illustration for La Fusée Spirou promotional poster, supplement to Journal de Spirou no. 1633 July 31, 1969. Signed. India ink on paper 15.3 × 8.3 cm (6.02 × 3.27 in.) Remarkable brushwork by Roba, featuring all the characters from La Ribambelle: the judo-trained twins Atchi and Atcha, the jazz-loving trumpeter Dizzy, Grenadine, who looks after the restless boys, Phil, the sensible gang leader, and the eccentric but inventive Archibald Mac Dingeling, with Archibald's butler and tutor, James Jollygoodfellow. These characters, imagined by André Franquin and then drawn by Roba, follow in the footsteps of the prankster gangs that flourished in comics, from Winnie Winkle (Bicot et les Rantanplan) to Quick & Flupke.