has two stone sphinxes to commemorate him. One of them is in the Bois des Pauvres near Brussels, where his home used to stand, and the other one is over his tomb at the Lasne cemetery, also near Brussels. The cemetery sphinx has a "collar" beard, and his face looks a lot like Philip Mortimer, the protagonist of most of the Jacobs albums. Jacobs' style varies greatly from one album to another. There are however many common threads, such as the theme of subterranean descent and the consistent Ligne claire drawing style. Bibliography Le Rayon U (The U Ray), in 1943 Le Secret de l'Espadon (The Secret of the Swordfish), in 1947 (3 volumes) Le Mystère de la Grande Pyramide, (The Mystery of the Great Pyramid), in 1950 (2 volumes) La Marque Jaune (The Yellow "M"), in 1953 L'Énigme de l'Atlantide (Atlantis Mystery), in 1955 S.O.S. Météores: Mortimer à Paris (S.O.S. Meteors), in 1958 Le Piège diabolique (The Time Trap) in 1960 L'Affaire du Collier (The Necklace Affair) in 1965 Les trois Formules du Professeur Sato: Mortimer à Tokyo (Mortimer in Tokyo) in 1970 (vol. 1). Vol. 2 Mortimer contre Mortimer (Mortimer versus Mortimer) completed by Bob De Moor, 1990 Awards 1971: Grand Prix Saint-Michel, Belgium Sources Guyard, Jean-Marc. Le Baryton du neuvième art. Bruxelles: Éditions Blake et Mortimer, 1996. Jacobs, Edgar P. Un opéra de papier: Les mémoires de Blake et Mortimer. Paris: Gallimard, 1981. Lenne, Gérard. L'Affaire Jacobs. Paris: Megawave, 1990. Mouchart, Benoit. A l'ombre de la ligne claire: Jacques Van Melkebeke, le clandestin de la B.D. Paris: Vertige Graphic, 2002. Mouchart, Benoît and Rivière, François La Damnation d'Edgar P. Jacobs, Seuil-Archimbaud, 2003. Tzorken, Yann Le mystère Edgar P. Jacobs, Thebookedition, 2019. Edgar P. Jacobs publications in Belgian ''Tintin and French Tintin BDoubliées Footnotes Further reading: Valentinitsch,Bernhard, Ein Sich-Lösen von und Brechen mit Traditionen - der Comic-Klassiker 'Blake und Mortimer', der 'Ketzer'-Pharao Echnaton und andere ägyptische 'Ketzer'. In: Denken und Glauben. Nr. 201. Graz 2022, S. 22-24. External links E.P. Jacobs 2004 centenary memorial site Blake et Mortimer official site on Dargaud Edgar Pierre Jacobs biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia 1904 births 1987 deaths Artists from Brussels Belgian comics artists Belgian comics writers Belgian illustrators Belgian opera singers Tintin