Laurent Vicomte

Laurent Vicomte is a master craftsman. His artwork, of exceptional finesse, strives to be exemplary and flawless. This quest for perfection drives him to devote himself body and soul to each panel, prolonging the production time of his albums. Thus, 13 years separate the first two volumes of his masterpiece, Balade au bout du monde (A Walk to the End of the World). But the wait is worth it; every detail is executed with surgical precision: settings, ornamentation, jewelry, patterns… Everything is a delight to the eye. Enhanced by bold framing, his rare original pages are true works of art. 

Laurent Vicomte’s original pages are rare: this workaholic, a perfectionist to a fault, produced very little—just five albums over a thirty-year career!—yet this did not prevent him from rising to the status of a legend of the Ninth Art. His masterpiece, Sasmira, took 14 years to see its second volume, and only the first volume and 17 pages from the second were drawn by the goldsmith of realism himself. This rarity, combined with Vicomte’s artistic virtuosity, makes each of his original pages a highly prized collector’s item. 

To ensure the best possible preservation of your original colors scheme, we recommend that you do not expose them to direct light, as UV rays can damage the mediums used. Watercolors are particularly sensitive to light and should be protected from it. We advise you to keep them away from windows, and to use frames made of pH-neutral conservation materials and “Museum” glass with anti-UV and anti-reflective treatment.
If you prefer to keep your works unframed, we recommend that you store them flat, in drawing cartons, with sheets of pH-neutral permanent paper in between. Keep them away from light and humidity.

Laurent Vicomte (born in 1956) published his first artworks at the age of 19 in La Presse de la Manche, before joining the “Carte blanche” section of Le Journal de Spirou the following year. When he moved to Paris in 1977, he met Jean-Pierre Gourmelen, and later Jean-Michel Charlier, who served as the editor-in-chief of Le Journal de Tintin. There he created his first original series: Edouard et Lucie. But it was his meeting with Pierre Makyo in 1981 that marked a true turning point in his career: together, they conceived Balade au bout du monde (A Walk to the End of the World), which was serialized in the magazines Gomme! and Circus before being published as an album by Glénat. The landscape of comic art was undergoing a major transformation at the time: driven by magazines such as Circus and Métal Hurlant, the medium was breaking free from its juvenile constraints and embracing a more realistic, adult-oriented, and mature style. Success was immediate: captivating the public with the realist nature of Vicomte’s artwork, Balade au bout du monde (A Walk to the End of the World) became a bestseller of the 1980s, with more than a million copies sold. This immense success led Jacques Chirac, then mayor, to present the duo with the Grand Prix of the City of Paris in 1982.  Complete biography.