Following up on my last post, here's a two part interview with Jacques Martin, one of Europe's foremost artists, who worked as an assistant of Hergé for twenty years at his studio, collaborating on the Tintin comic book series. In Europe he is even more famous for his own comic book series, which covers the Roman era and features around a boy named 'Alex' (just like the series' title). It is exceptionally known for Martin's historical accurate and finely detailed artwork.
Martin worked at Studio Hergé from April 1950 until 1972, collaborating with several of Europe's leading comic artists, like Bob de Moore and Roger Leloup. So far 31 book of Alex have been published, although since 1996 the artwork is done by different artists.
The following interview is pretty recent and might be his last, as he died in 2010. I put the video's in a playlist below. Unfortunately, it is without subtitles, so I hope you can follow along. If not, you might still enjoy a look at all the original artwork that is featured.
I put some samples of Martin's original artwork below. Please click any of them to view at full size.
A cover for Tintin comic magazine July 1950 featuring Alex:
Page 6 from the 'Le Spectre de Carthage':
Original cover artwork for 'L' Odyssée d'Alix':
Some studies for 'Alex'
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