Arthème Fayard
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Portrait of Georges Simenon as Chief Inspector Maigret. Harcourt Studio, Paris, 1952. Wikimedia Commons: Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie (MPP). At midnight on February 20, 1931, a bal anthropométrique “gala for criminal recidivists” got underway at La Boule Blanche nightclub in Montparnasse. The event was sponsored by Parisian publisher Arthème Fayard to launch…
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La Fille de Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain, vol. 8. Cover illustration by Gino Starace. Paris: Arthème Fayard, 1911 (1920s reprint). Author’s Collection. In the eighth Fantômas novel, Souvstre and Allain added a new core character to the series, Hélène, the “Daughter of Fantômas.” Born in South Africa and ignorant of her parentage,…
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Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain. Anonymous Cover Illustration. Paris: Arthème Fayard, 1911. Author’s Collection. Fantômas burst upon the scene on February 10, 1911. The book’s cover portrays a man dressed in tuxedo, top hat, and ball mask looming over the Paris landscape, concealing a bloody knife behind his back. He stares impassively at…
Shady Detectives, Elegant Criminals & Dark Avengers 