An art book devoted to the illustrations of Mezzo from 1985 to the present. His work has elements of the French Clear Line, Underground and Punk, and Charles Burns. It's wonderful, outrageous, in your face, stuff. Mezzo's work includes the book covers of Stephen King novels.

From the publisher:

Mezzo the maestro

He is known as a cartoonist of comic books like The King of Flies or Love in Vain , but Mezzo is also a renowned illustrator. Posters, album covers, silkscreen prints, magazine covers ... this demanding creator has already put his talent at the service of various and varied media to deliver his universe mixing elements of the underground, dreams, sex and rock. Silent images which, by their force of evocation, are often as loud as boxes of comics.

This beautiful book collects the illustrations that Mezzo was able to produce in his non-comic career. Incisive, precise and sensual images, revolving around some of his favorite themes: music, eroticism and fantasy.

Unpublished comic pages (abandoned projects, graphic research for the King of Flies and short stories) conclude this graphic panorama of a one-of-a-kind creator.

Résumé:

Mezzo le maestro

On le connait en tant que dessinateur de BD cultes comme Le Roi des mouches ou Love in Vain, mais Mezzo est également un illustrateur de renom. Affiches, pochettes d'albums, sérigraphies, couvertures de magazines... cet auteur exigeant a déjà mis son talent au service de supports divers et variés pour délivrer son univers underground, onirique, sexy et rock. Des images muettes qui, par leur force d'évocation, sont souvent aussi parlantes que des cases de BD.

Ce très bel ouvrage recueille un florilège des illustrations que Mezzo a pu produire dans sa carrière hors bande dessinée. On prend plaisir à y retrouver son trait incisif, précis et sensuel, autour de quelques-uns de ses thèmes favoris : la musique, l'érotisme et le fantastique. Des pages de BD inédites (projets abandonnés, recherches graphiques du Roi des mouches et histoires courtes) viennent conclure ce panorama graphique d'un auteur à nul autre pareil.