Lucha Libre - More weird masked wrestlers

From above: Alien, Alushe, Coco Blanco, Cuchillo, Dr. Cerebro, Pandita, Exotico la Chona, Guerrero Azteca, Hombre Rata, Juan el Ranchero, Kid Tiger, Las Momias, Manos de Sera, Maximo, Negro Navarro, Rayo Tapatio I, Sida, Super Muneco, Tinieblas, Vangellys, Zafari. Photos from the excellent Lucha Loco by Malcom Venville.

Johnny Eck - The Half Boy

Uh...Wanted to post about Johnny Eck...But just realized that our excellent friend at PCL LinkDump already did it few days ago! When the great minds themselves meet ;)

Les Derniers Contes de Canterbury - Jean Ray

Here're few illustrations (more than 100 in the book) by R de Ruyck done for "Les Derniers Contes de Canterbury" by Jean Ray. Les Auteurs Associés, 1944.

Indian Larry - Encounters with a Legend

These are two special souvenirs I keep from Larry. First is this business card from Psycho Cycles, NYC. I first met Larry during a trip to NYC in 1992. Olivier Mosset, Swiss artist living in NYC at the time and hardcore biker riding his rigid panhead (made by Larry) introduced him to me. Years later, in 2003, I met him again in Brooklyn at Gazoline Alley. The pix shows Larry, me sitting in front of him and my friend Joel standing behind. Thanx to Eric for the (poor ;)) quality photo!

Fantomas

This is an "animated" Fantomas plate. Sorry, I don't know the english word that kind of plastic stuff. You can see one image changing into another when you move the plate. Well, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about! This one is fun because it's not a small thing but a pretty large one. Inspired from the famous Gaumont poster.

Dandy

Stories about women who love riding naked. Why not?

Francis Lacassin - 1931-2008

If there's one name to remember when talking about popular literature in France, it's his. Francis Lacassin dedicated his life to discover and make people appreciate authors who are now recognized as of first interest: Gustave Lerouge, Marcel Allain , Léo Malet, Kipling, Stevenson, Paul Féval, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jean Ray... In 1961, he founded "Le Club des bandes dessinées" ("The Comic Books Club"). Alain Resnais was vice-président of the club. Among members of the Club: Edgar Morin and Delphine Seyrig. A "fanzine" was created: Giff-Wiff, where Umberto Eco wrote (about "Superman and time disapearence"). In 1963, he worked with Georges Franju on Judex. At the same time, he met Jean-Jacques Pauvert, editor of Bizarre magazine (created by Losfeld). From this encounter was born a special "Tarzan" issue of Bizarre. That's the cover I chose to illustrate this post. The cover was designed by Jean-Claude Forrest using Hogarth stuff. From 1963, started years of colaboration with Eric Losfeld, Christian Bourgois (collection "10/18", from 1971 to 1990) and Guy Schoeller (collection "Bouquins", from 1982 to 2000).

Odine

Covers from the warrior-queen Odine comics.