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An aesthete with a fertile imagination, an opera baritone with little fame, Hergé's first assistant, a victim of French censorship prejudices, Edgar P. Jacobs (1904-1987) experienced his career as a comics author as a true damnation. Nevertheless, he signed a pact of eternity through his visual inventions and artwork work and remains in collective memory as the creator of Blake and Mortimer, who first appeared in the Tintin magazine on September 26, 1946. The unforgettable images from albums like The Mystery of the Great Pyramid, The Yellow 'M', and S.O.S. Meteors! continue to enchant generations of readers. In this definitive biography, enriched with rare documents and unpublished testimonies, the authors bring to light the discreet, anxious, and endearing personality of this great artist who never deemed it appropriate to speak of his private life...