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- What are mezzo's deliriums ?
Since the issue 310 from November 1997 of the
French magazine "Picsou Magazine" are published drawings from Don Rosa
made exclusively for French readers. Then, from the issue 316 from May
1998, to the issue 349, from February 2001, except for the issue 348 which
had one of Barks' oil paintings instead, each month were published an exclusive
drawing in page 2 which illustrated one of the story by Barks or Rosa published
in the magazine, or sometimes several stories at the same time, or which
was a tribute to a special character.
All those drawing were called "Les Inédits de Don Rosa",
(Don Rosa's News). You can see them at Jano
Rohleder's page. Barks' oil paintings were called "Les Peintures
de Carl Barks", or "Les Trésors de Carl Barks" (Barks'
Paintings/Treasuries), but only two were published, one in the issue 349,
and another one , "Trick or Treat?", in the issue 333, because this issue
had two covers, one under the other one, so the first second page was with
a "Les Inédits de Don Rosa", and the second second page with
a "Les Trésors de Carl Barks | Des Bobos ou des Bonbons pour
Halloween ?". You can find almost all of Barks' paintings at Jakob's
pages.
Then, until the issue 350, which was an issue "Special Carl Barks'
Centenial", Picsou Magazine stopped to publish exclusive stories and drawings
of Don Rosa, and a new French Disney drawer draws the second pages : Mezzo
(his real name is Pascal Mesemberg) Nothing is much known about him. He
just started to draw for Picsou Magazine for the issue 280, according to
the columns at the end of each magazine, with the section "The following
people collaborated to this issue's publication :", but those drawings
were not Disney drawings, just pictures which illustrated the gift in the
magazine, or the issue to come, ot the games... Three other drawers collaborated
for the tribute to Carl Barks in the issue 350 : Lewis Trondheim, Michel
Pirus ( his name is also in the section "people who helped for the realization
of the magazine" since the issue 279, and since the issue 361, he draws
short stories, section titles and covers for a fictionnal extra magazine
inside Picsou Magazine : "Coin Coin"), and Lazoo (He draws non-Disney pictures
for Picsou Magazine since the issue 251, which illustrate the theme of
the magazine, for instance the Andes for the issue which published Don
Rosa's "The Three Caballeros Ride Again", and informations about Disney's
"The Emperor's New Groove"; he also drew a picture of Walt Disney for his
100's birthday, and a picture i tribute to Picsou Magazine's 30th birthday).
(I scanned those drawing, if you want to see them :
Lazoo's drawing of Scrooge McDuck
Lazoo's drawing of Walt Disney (new)
Lazoo's drawing for
PM's 30th birthday (new)
Michel Pirus' drawing (updated)
Lewis Trondheim's one-page story ).
Mezzo also still draws non-Disney one-page pictures in Picsou Magazine,
to illustrate sections or gifts. Since the issue 361, he draws on the last
but one page one-page drawings entitled "MEZZO LE MOIS PROCHAIN" (MEZZO
NEXT MONTH"), and he also drew the cover of the "Coin Coin"#2 in PM 362.
As his Disney drawings, called "Les Délires de Mezzo"
( Mezzo's Deliriums !) are really beautiful, I decided to share them with
you...
He uses a style never seen before, "Old School" but modern at the
same time, with colors that make think to the old American comic books.
Besides, they are a parody of them.
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