Max et Maurice ou les sept mauvais tours de deux petits garçons

Wilhelm Busch’s classic 19th-century picture story, Max et Maurice ou les sept mauvais tours de deux petits garçons, has been kept in print by Flammarion since 1952 in a single, enduring volume. This caustic, rhyming tale of two mischievous boys and their seven cruel pranks is a cornerstone of European comic tradition, and Busch’s expressive, black-and-white illustrations remain the defining vision of the work. As a direct ancestor of the modern comic strip, its influence on generations of cartoonists is immense.