Le Diable

Born in the pages of Gotlib's irreverent Rhââ Lovely in 1978, Le Diable is a Bronze Age creation with a distinctly French comic sensibility — the kind of character who could only have sprung from one of the era's most celebrated humorist auteurs. With appearances stretching across nearly three decades and turns in titles like Ces messieurs désirent ? and La Créature du Marais, this figure occupies a wonderfully offbeat corner of the Franco-Belgian tradition. Rare in the catalog but rich in character, Le Diable is a rewarding discovery for anyone drawn to the wilder, more satirical currents running through European comics of the late twentieth century.