L\'ECHO DES SAVANES SPECIAL USA No. 2, Sci-fi Comic Magazine 1977 - Signed - Nice For Sale

French Comic Art magazine in very good condition signed by 2 contributing artists: Cover signed in ballpoint pen by Jeffrey Catherine Jones. Interior story signed in felt pen by Bernie Wrightson.Seen by some as a precursor to Heavy Metal Magazine.Please see photos for condition confirmation and feel free to ask for additional images.Ships from a smoke free home.FROM THE WEB:L’Echo des Savanes was founded by three Pilote artists (Gotlib, Bretecher, Mandryka) looking for more freedom. Although the magazines above, and others, paved the way, L’Echo was the first comics magazine strictly reserved for adults.As with other French magazines, the work favored strips and politics, but with a decidedly lewd perspective, inspired more by Mad magazine and the American underground scene of Crumb et al. than anything else. So lots of dirty jokes and bathroom humor. Needless to say, it made a huge impact and was the closest to a \"mainstream underground\" as yet seen - that is to say, a publication that hit all the underground sensibilities but was also hugely popular.However, freedom from editorial constraints meant they were also able to explore longer-format, self-contained stories. Something Metal Hurlant and Heavy Metal would employ to great effect.The three founding artist/editors left after 10 issues, and after 1982 the magazine would be taken over and move towards more erotic work and pin-ups with comics taking up less than half of any given issue. Lots of Manara and Liberatore during that era. However, like many of these magazines, supplements were also a mainstay.