TILLIEUX - Lot 57

TILLIEUX MAURICE TILLIEUX GIL JOURDAN Chaud et froid - Le Grand Souffle (T.11), Dupuis 1969 Original plate no. 9, prepublished in Le Journal de Spirou n°1557 of February 15, 1968. India ink on paper 39 × 48.5 cm (15.35 × 19.09 in.) Maurice Tillieux is Simenon with gags. Each time, he sets a characteristic scene with its good people and their peculiarities... Like here, in Aveyron, where a hotel offers rooms with folding beds. It's original, especially in Aveyron," he explains. It's also a fine mechanism: the discovery of the bedding's peculiarity foreshadows the gag to come. We see it coming, we even wait for it. And of course, it's the duo Libellule and Croûton who drive it, with actor Noël Roquevert's inspired inspector as the atoning victim. Meanwhile, Gil Jourdan gently lays the groundwork for the plot: a chasm that emits strange howls... Imparable.