Update: Also Editions Le Lombard have no clue what the card was used for. In 1987 the Lombard publishing house would release a postcard featuring Barelli, Anne Nannah and what seems to be 4 other colleagues in an office. On the back of the card we can see 'Copyright by Lombard 1987 De Moor' plus the phrase "Pour ta promotion,
Read MoreDuring the 60s and 70s, Lombard would publish several collections at a rather moderate price. The low price also had as a result that the French versions didn't come in the normal hardcover versions but - very unusual on the French speaking bookmarket - in a cheaper paperback version. The stories were often also shorter, 32 instead of 44 pages.
Read More12 years after he released his last Barelli story, the second part of "Monsieur Barelli à Nusa Penida", in 1964 a brand new Barelli adventure would pop up in the Tintin Journal: "Barelli et les agents secrets" (French for "Barelli and the secret agents"). On the left we show you the original black and what drawing made for the Tintin
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