The work of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho was celebrated at the current Salon du Livre in Geneva, Switzerland. (Albeit very briefly, if my limited French is correct).
The exhibition includes all 35 watercolour illustrations by the late, great Mœbius for The Illustrated Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream which was published in 1998.
Given Mœbius’ other work, it’s no surprise to me that he would be chosen to illustrate Coelho’s fantasy tale of an Andalusian shepherd boy on a treasure-hunting journey to Egypt, but I wasn’t aware of this edition of this wonderful book, drawn to my attention by comics historian Paul Gravett. My thanks to him.
• There’s more on the exhibition here (in French)
• More on the book here on Open Culture
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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