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Grand Piège (Métal Hurlant 35, 1978)

Artist: Denis Sire (All)

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Title:	Grand Piège (Métal Hurlant 35, 1978)
Artist:	Denis Sire (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	191
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	11/24/2022
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Last Login:	September 2025
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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 11/24/2022

The long streaming inks are lovely on the panels that express the speed of these rockets that take us along for the ride!

Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 11/24/2022

Sire's style is so interesting. I'm sad that not much of his work is translated to English. I recently picked up a Bois Willys page. What a coincidence!

FBS Stroun
Member Since 2021

Posted on 11/25/2022

Comic Art Channel wrote:

Sire's style is so interesting. I'm sad that not much of his work is translated to English. I recently picked up a Bois Willys page. What a coincidence!

Métal Hurlant was a much broader publication than its American sister, Heavy Metal, which followed the Warren model. It had genre comics (horror, sci-fi, fantasy, adventure, etc), but also societal satire, straight forward comedy, funny animals comics, etc. Most importantly, it was a stylistic mess, from the most hyper-refined illustrators, to the most crass, expressionistic cartoonists. As if Rory Hays and All Williamson were part of the same studio!!! It also, not unlike Playboy or National Lampoon, had a great journalistic, editorial section.

Anyways. Denis Sire's work was probably too quirky to make an impact on the American market. A mix of sci-fi, the silliest of satire, PORN, super-heroes, and American 50's car culture. Still, he was quite a superstar way back when, enough so that he almost landed a Batman gig, at a time when there was zero connections between the French and American comics worlds. While advertised for some years, it ended up being cancelled, not sure why. Some pages from this Batman unpublished book are available online:

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=879509

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/denis-sire-batman-and-robin-illustration-original-art-undated-/a/7189-93585.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

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