Edgar P. Jacobs. Le rêveur d'apocalypses () is a 2021 French comic book written by and illustrated by . It is a biography about the Belgian comics creator Edgar P. Jacobs.
Plot The book covers how Edgar P. Jacobs tried to become an opera singer as a young man, studied art, got into comics by making a conclusion to Flash Gordon when it was interrupted by the German occupation of Belgium during World War II, became a collaborator of Hergé on The Adventures of Tintin, and created his own greatest success Blake and Mortimer.
Reception of ActuaBD called the book a visual "marvel", writing that is the true heir of Jacobs' drawing style, and has recreated the atmosphere and locations of interwar and post-war Brussels and Walloon Brabant with great attention to detail. Pasamonik criticised the portrayal of Jacobs as a hesitant and indecisive person, which is contrary to his own impressions.
The book received the 2022 for historical comics.
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External links Glénat