Lionel Jospin

A satirical creation of the acclaimed French cartoonist Chabouté, this comic incarnation of Lionel Jospin stepped onto the page in 1997, right in the thick of the Modern Age, rendered for Albin Michel's politically charged humor. Jospin shares panels with fellow real-world figures Jacques Chirac and Jean-Pierre Chevènement, suggesting a world of sharp Gallic political caricature where the corridors of power are fair game for lampoon. Spread across titles like Le Père Noël dans ses petits souliers and L'intégrale Corse, his appearances are few but pointed — a collector's curiosity at the intersection of French bande dessinée wit and late-1990s political life.