Zep (Philippe Chappuis, also known as) *1967

Zep (Philippe Chappuis, also known as) *1967
God, Sex and Suspenders
Maths

Felt-tip pen and wash on paper for this plate reproduced in this album published in 1993 by Glénat editions. The plates from Dieu, le sexe et les bretelles were colored during the 2010 re-edition. Until now, they were all part of the author's collection; none of them have ever been offered for sale. This album was printed in 2 million copies.
42 x 29.7 cm

Mathematics is not really Titeuf's specialty. Additions, he's still okay, he manages rather well; subtractions and divisions, that depends on the day; but, with multiplications, it's much, much more complicated — he constantly gets confused with all these numbers jostling in all directions. Yet, he makes efforts, big efforts even: when school is over, and he returns home, he calmly counts in his head, and counts again, until he has memorized the results in question. There, unlucky, he passed in front of a large poster that was hard not to see unless he was completely spaced out, and he let himself be distracted by this image whose connection with mathematics, despite the great rigor with which these curves are drawn, is not necessarily obvious, unless one sees it as an unusual geometry exercise. It's true that the gaze of this young woman, partly hidden by long strands of hair, is quite disturbing. But Titeuf certainly doesn't deserve to be lectured for so little.