Description

Georges Ramaïoli ex-libris ‘Zoulouland’ on matted cardboard

Not dated but from around 1987/1988 – limited edition

Zoulouland is a series of 18 albums from 1987 up to 2003

All scripst and drawings by Georges Ramaïoli (1945 – )

The ex-libris on sale was one of the first to be edited on reduced numbers

The artwork carries the ‘EA’ mention – Epreuve Artiste

Size : 29.5 x 21 cm

Georges Ramaïoli, born on June 26, 1945 in Nice, is a French cartoonist and scriptwriter of comics. As a scriptwriter, he signs his albums under the pseudonym of Simon Rocca.

In 1974, Georges Ramaïoli worked for various fanzines and did the artwork for a short story by Jean Giraud, published in Charlie Mensuel. He teamed up with writer René Durand a year later, and created the series ‘La Terre de la Bombe’ in Le Canard Sauvage and later Circus. The series ran until 1977, the year that Ramaïoli and Durand came up with their second series, ‘L’Indien Français’.

In 1980, Ramaïoli created the science fiction series ‘Mado et Maildur’ in Méfi and later Ère Comprimée. A collection of his short stories, ‘Ouest Terne’, was published by Glénat in 1984. He drew ‘Le Dauphin Blanc’ in Okapi and ‘La Conquête du Mexique’ with Carbonnel at Larousse publishers. Again with René Durand, he made ‘Comme un Vol d’Hirondelles’ in 1987, the first part of the ‘Zoulouland’ cycle.

Using the pseudonym Simon Rocca, he worked on ‘Corpus Christi’ (with Mathieu) and ‘Vae Victis’ (with Jean-Yves Mitton) at Soleil Productions. Also for Soleil, he made ‘Les Scythes’ (1993) and ‘La Saga de Bas-de-Cuir’ (1995). As a scriptwriter he has worked with artists like Angel Bautista (‘Les Maudits’, 1993), André Houot (‘Le Khan’, 1994), Février (‘Le Fléau de Dieu’, 1995), Christophe Bec (‘Princesse Rouge’, 1995), Thierry Girod (‘Wanted’, 1995), Michel Suro (‘Barca’, 1996), Serge Fino (‘Starblood’, 1999) and Jean-Claude Cassini (‘Bouffe-Doublon’, 1999), all published by Soleil.

While continuing to work on ‘Zouloulande’, Ramaïoli began ‘Colorado’ with Mitton at Éditions Carpe Diem in 2003. In the following year, he was present at the publishing house Joker with ‘La Légende d’Oregon-Jo’. Ramaïoli has proved himself an artist who easily mastered the science fiction and historical genre, as well as western and adventure.

Excellent condition