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Haven't posted random scans of Philémon in ages, so here's another dose of French weirdness:

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Fred is the missing link between Winsor McCay and J.H. Williams III.

Here we are, with another Philémon post; in the previous volume, Philémon rescued Barthélémy and brought him back to his world. In this volume, Barthélémy is having trouble adjusting because he spent several years as a shipwrecked survivors on the island of A. Plus, he misses his friend, the centaur Vendredi. So he asks Philémon to help him return to the island of A.



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In 1972, a French artist called Fred released the first collected album of Philémon, which begun serialisation in the legendary anthology magazine Pilote: home of Astérix, Blueberry and Valérian and Laureline. Although not as famous as those comics, I think Philémon, is a brilliant series, full of visual humor and inventive artwork. I recently discovered Fred's work and I'd like to share it with you.

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