Prisonniers des Patagons, by Gaston Jacquement
'Prisonniers des Patagons' (Bayard).

Gaston Jacquement was born in 1912 in Limoges. He took courses in Decorative Arts in his native town before heading off to Paris to take a job at the Ecole Estienne printing firm. He made his comics debut in 1940 with the title comic of Jean et Paul magazine for Éditions Bonne Presse, as well as the strip 'Chien Bob'. He additionally made illustrations for Marie-France and Le Foyer.

Le Week-end de Papus, art by Gaston Jacquement (Almanach Pelerin, 1951
'Le Week-end de Papus' (Almanach Pélerin, 1951).

After World War II, Jacquement began a collaboration with Bayard magazine, for which he drew stories like 'Papus le Marin', 'Aventure au Tibet', and 'Prisonnier des Patagons'. In Bernadette, he drew 'L'Oiseau des Îles' from a script by Myriam Catalany, published in album the following year. Also for Bernardette, he illustrated the adventures of 'Martine et Zozo' from scripts by Henriette Robitaillie, which he signed with Tricky. Jacquement was additionally present in the post-War issues of Le Croisé, for which he drew 'Capitaine du Roi'. For the press, he has drawn the strip 'Les Chevaliers de la Belle Étoile' (1955), published in La Croix. 

Bayard page by Gaston Jacquement, 1949
'Bayard' page by Gaston Jacquement (1949). 

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