This page is consigned to convey a certain amount of information in a concise manner – not take up too much time and space with all of this, which really shows how important it really is to the author.

Press clippings are always a good way to push exposition and points of view to build context. I like the way that they’re stacked on top of a black and white photograph (the rest of the story is in color, so the change is very noticeable on a casual read).

What I find very interesting is how the translation was handled – taping captions over the original words instead of trying to fully replace them is not a design choice that I’ve sen very much of. It’s both jarring and amusing, like seeing behind the curtain during a stage production.

(Heavy Metal issue #51, June 1981 – Page 35 The Immortal’s Fete by Bilal)