Gil St André comic book catalogue

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Gil won't blame us if we compare him to Largo Winch, Wayne Shelton, Alfa, Lady S, Tango and XIII. Of course we don't read these series (only) for the beautiful female, but we have to admit that we are a bit jealous. More

GIL ST ANDRE (Trackless)

Gil won't blame us if we compare him to Largo Winch, Wayne Shelton, Alfa, Lady S, Tango and XIII. Of course we don't read these series (only) for the female beauty, but we must admit that we are a bit jealous. Moreover, this exciting thriller has a clever screenplay with the necessary plot twists. We can't find loose ends, everything closes like a bus.

Even though this series has three artists, Kraehn (The Beheaded Eagles, Tramp, Futura, Roodbeard), Vallée (Once upon a time, Katanga, Antananarivo), Chrys Millien (The Aviator, Alex), the quality remains top. The super realistic 'drawn' cars do suggest some photo work, but this never disturbs. Millien also provides a lot of nice details, hidden in the sets: posters of football players Laurent Paganelli (Saint-Etienne 1978-1983), Patrick Battiston (Saint-Etienne 1980-1983), poster of The Police (Turin Palasport 4-4- 1980), a reproduction of The Scream (Munch) etc...
The fact that Gil's daughter, Sabine, is kidnapped twice, seems a bit exaggerated to me. She's even getting used to it a bit. The very first cover (then called 'The Poppencollector') remains my favourite. By the way, how are we going to collect this series in our comic book cabinet? Under the G of Gil St André or under the S of Spoorloos?

Definitely a tip for other long-running series: a short content at the front of the album. Also striking was the word of thanks to Uderzo and football club PSG: Kraehn was allowed to use Parc Astérix and the image of PSG. According to Jean-Charles Kraehn, political games are deadly serious: Nécessité fait loi (Necessity knows no law). And Sylvia St André, Djida Feshaoui, Viviane Le Mersch, Laura Tanviel, they secretly remain in our thoughts. In Gil's too!

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Full name

Gil St André

Aliases

Spoorloos

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Oldest item

De poppenverzamelaar (1997)