Jean-Claude Forest – Hypocrite and the Loch Ness Monster

Jean-Claude Forest – Hypocrite and the Loch Ness Monster (1971) : Jean-Claude Forest – Hypocrite and the Loch Ness monster scantilation whimsical and playful, Hypocrite debuted as a daily newspaper strip in France Soir newspaper in 1971. It ran from February to December. Hypocrite, a French teenage girl gets hired by a rich old British lady to be the lady’s “niece”. The old lady’s castle just happens to be situated at the shores of Loch ness lake. There Hypocrite meets various entities, including the LochNess monster, a Scottish bagpipes playing ghost, a mute boy gardener, and the evil himself! Hypocrite is headstrong and streetwise, doesn’t want to learn English, won’t do what she is told to do and soon locks horns with the old lady. Hypocrite was so popular, Forest continued the series in PILOTE magazine with 2 more albums that were even more phantasmagorical.