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Gil Jourdan #2
Jeff Jordan. Kokain und alte Meister
- GenresComicsBande Dessinée
Paperback
First published January 1, 1959
About the author
Maurice Tillieux
152 books6 followersMaurice Tillieux (7 August 1921 – 2 February 1978) was a Belgian writer and comic artist. He is regarded by many as a major figure of post-war Belgian comics.
Maurice Tillieux was born in Huy in 1921. At first he studied for the merchant navy, but his career prospects were sunk following the German invasion of Belgium in 1940. He claims that while waiting at Bordeaux for a ship that was to take him and his fellow students to South America, a Stuka dive-bomber attacked another ship, forcing Tillieux's to turn round and Tillieux to go home.
He turned to writing and his first novel Le navire qui tue ses capitaines (The Ship that Kills its Captains) was published in 1943. Many of his stories would be set at sea or in the docks where his early ambitions may have developed. Two other novels are supposed to have been written at this time, but there seems to be some confusion as to whether or not they were actually published.
Tillieux had already done some work as an artist. He contributed to various weekly and monthly comics as artist and writer, often signing his work with a variety of English pseudonyms.
Maurice Tillieux was born in Huy in 1921. At first he studied for the merchant navy, but his career prospects were sunk following the German invasion of Belgium in 1940. He claims that while waiting at Bordeaux for a ship that was to take him and his fellow students to South America, a Stuka dive-bomber attacked another ship, forcing Tillieux's to turn round and Tillieux to go home.
He turned to writing and his first novel Le navire qui tue ses capitaines (The Ship that Kills its Captains) was published in 1943. Many of his stories would be set at sea or in the docks where his early ambitions may have developed. Two other novels are supposed to have been written at this time, but there seems to be some confusion as to whether or not they were actually published.
Tillieux had already done some work as an artist. He contributed to various weekly and monthly comics as artist and writer, often signing his work with a variety of English pseudonyms.
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January 9, 2025
En sag for Max Jordan 2: Popain og gamle malerier
July 15, 2014
The second and last part of a story that began in the first Gil Jourdan (Max Jordan in the Swedish translation) album, Libellule s'évade: Une enquète de Gil Jourdan.
Story:
Jourdan and his assistants follow up on their leads in order to catch the drug smuggler, who tuns out to be a respected art collector. In the end they caught by the villain, but are rescued from being incinerated slowly in true villain style.
Art:
Tillieux has the capacity for some really beautiful drawings, but often the images in this book feel rushed. Tillieux excels in the large, initial panels that traditionally initiates a scene, showing more or less realistic backgrounds, buildings, vehicles and so on, but fails when it comes to the characters, which looks more strained. Especially the main character feels like if Tilleíeux is struggling to understand how he looks and moves. It's as if Tillieux was forced to draw in the Marcinelle style, but really wanted to draw more realistically.
Critique:
This story has much too much talking going on, continuously all through the album, making me want to skip ahead, as I can rather easily predict the outcome of each scene, as well as the whole book. There is a pretty good plot line buried deep inside, about the art collector turned drug smuggler to pay for his own addiction of buying expensive paintings, but the execution leaves me cold.
One redeeming aspect of this album is the fact that Jourdan's female assistant is given a few really good scenes, showing her to be both smart and resourceful. This was not usual in the very male dominated Francophone comics scene of the 1950s.
Story:
Jourdan and his assistants follow up on their leads in order to catch the drug smuggler, who tuns out to be a respected art collector. In the end they caught by the villain, but are rescued from being incinerated slowly in true villain style.
Art:
Tillieux has the capacity for some really beautiful drawings, but often the images in this book feel rushed. Tillieux excels in the large, initial panels that traditionally initiates a scene, showing more or less realistic backgrounds, buildings, vehicles and so on, but fails when it comes to the characters, which looks more strained. Especially the main character feels like if Tilleíeux is struggling to understand how he looks and moves. It's as if Tillieux was forced to draw in the Marcinelle style, but really wanted to draw more realistically.
Critique:
This story has much too much talking going on, continuously all through the album, making me want to skip ahead, as I can rather easily predict the outcome of each scene, as well as the whole book. There is a pretty good plot line buried deep inside, about the art collector turned drug smuggler to pay for his own addiction of buying expensive paintings, but the execution leaves me cold.
One redeeming aspect of this album is the fact that Jourdan's female assistant is given a few really good scenes, showing her to be both smart and resourceful. This was not usual in the very male dominated Francophone comics scene of the 1950s.
August 15, 2013
Kunst und Drogen
Nach einer kurzen, textuellen Zusammenfassung des ersten Teils dieser eng zusammengehörenden Geschichte, wie er in Libellule s'évade zu lesen war, verfolgen wir weiter die Entwicklungen um die Popain-Drogenschmuggler. Jourdans Assistentin Queue-de-cerise (was für ein schöner Name!) spielt hier eine große Rolle - schön, dass in einer sonst eher von Männern dominierten Comicwelt auch mal eine selbstbewusste junge Dame, die nicht total klischeehaft portraitiert wird, eine Chance bekommt.
Auch wenn einige Szenen mir sehr zusagen (wie das Gespräch mit dem Kunstkritiker Adhemar de Lamarche de l'Escalier de Lacave), der Vorgänger hatte mir besser gefallen. Dieser Band wirkt insgesamt sehr statisch und vorhersehbar, auch was die Kolorierung angeht, bin ich etwas enttäuscht - sehr gedeckte Farben überwiegen, auf manchen Panels bis zur kompletten Desaturierung.
Für alle Einsteiger in die frankobelgische BD-Welt: Das Französisch hier ist nicht ganz einfach, sehr slang-lastig und voller umgangssprachlicher Phrasen. Eher was für Fortgeschrittene.
Trotz der Mängel und Kritikpunkte ist der Nachfolger bereits auf meinem SuB gelandet, einfach weil es eine intelligent geskriptete Reihe ist, dazu mit sehr ansprechenden Zeichnungen.
Nach einer kurzen, textuellen Zusammenfassung des ersten Teils dieser eng zusammengehörenden Geschichte, wie er in Libellule s'évade zu lesen war, verfolgen wir weiter die Entwicklungen um die Popain-Drogenschmuggler. Jourdans Assistentin Queue-de-cerise (was für ein schöner Name!) spielt hier eine große Rolle - schön, dass in einer sonst eher von Männern dominierten Comicwelt auch mal eine selbstbewusste junge Dame, die nicht total klischeehaft portraitiert wird, eine Chance bekommt.
Auch wenn einige Szenen mir sehr zusagen (wie das Gespräch mit dem Kunstkritiker Adhemar de Lamarche de l'Escalier de Lacave), der Vorgänger hatte mir besser gefallen. Dieser Band wirkt insgesamt sehr statisch und vorhersehbar, auch was die Kolorierung angeht, bin ich etwas enttäuscht - sehr gedeckte Farben überwiegen, auf manchen Panels bis zur kompletten Desaturierung.
Für alle Einsteiger in die frankobelgische BD-Welt: Das Französisch hier ist nicht ganz einfach, sehr slang-lastig und voller umgangssprachlicher Phrasen. Eher was für Fortgeschrittene.
Trotz der Mängel und Kritikpunkte ist der Nachfolger bereits auf meinem SuB gelandet, einfach weil es eine intelligent geskriptete Reihe ist, dazu mit sehr ansprechenden Zeichnungen.
August 8, 2015
excellent
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