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Gillon was indeed one of the great realistic comic artists, with an impressively long career. For many years he did a Heart of Juliet Jones inspired strip named 13 Rue de l'Espoire (13 Hope Street). I understand the work remains uncollected even in France, but here is a small sample: http://www.coinbd.com/series-bd/13-rue-de-l-espoir/tome-1/im ages/planche/7852_t1.jpg His most famous work in France is Les Naufragés du Temps (which would translate to something like Timewrecked), which is still very much available in France. I think his only work translated to english was the post-apocalyptic erotic series The Survivor, long out of print. A crying shame! That comic was translated pretty much everywhere and was the first work of his I ever saw, in the brazilian edition. It's telling that his most widespread work was his sole erotic comic... His last work was lawyer series L'Ordre de Cicéron (The Order of Cicero), about a family of jewish lawyers. That's the kind of comic that one would expect to exist in the US, yet it doesn't (except for a few super-hero-related storylines in Daredevil or She-Hulk). Sadly he was one of those talented european artists who is fairly unknown in the US. I hope an enterprising publisher translates some of his works to english someday. Here is a detailed obituary in english from the Comics Reporter site: http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/paul_gillon_1926_201 1/
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