
The 9th Art: Before Blake and Mortimer: The Memorable Pulp of The U Ray and The Fiery Arrow
The U Rayis not perfect, but it’s bursting with adventure that has inspired one of the greatest comic writers of our time.
The U Rayis not perfect, but it’s bursting with adventure that has inspired one of the greatest comic writers of our time.
Curated by Eric Dubois, this exhibit holds a looking glass up to the earliest works of Blake and Mortimer’s creator, portraying him as a modern-day Homeric storyteller.
The series, which focuses on the adventures of the daring duo of Francis Blake and Phillip J. Mortimer, has a feeling, a style, all its own. Edgar P. Jacobs and his successors craft fully fleshed-out worlds that draw readers in, making us sad to leave at the end of each work.