PINATEL (Stone). Le Trait. Paris, 1961-1966. - 20 numbers in-4 bound in two volumes in red half calf with corners, smooth spines, mosaic press at the bottom of the first volume (modern bindings). Head of the collection up to number 20 of this satirical journal founded by the cartoonist Pierre Pinatel (b. 1929). The first issue appeared in January 1961, then irregularly until number 20 in July-August 1966. The magazine ceased to appear at that time, victim of a lawsuit brought by Charles de Gaulle, and will not reappear until 1975. Here is the presentation of this magazine, made by Guillaume Doiz in October 2011, taken from number 18 of Ridiculosa: "In 1961, particularly prolific and not finding enough space to publish all his graphic production, the extreme right-wing cartoonist Pinatel founded a personal diary, Le Trait . Like Siné with Siné Massacre, Pinatel followed in the tradition of the 19th century by producing a diary illustrated by him alone. But unlike Siné edited by Pauvert, Pinatel had no outside financial or material support. Le Trait (24x35cm), at first fortnightly and then irregularly published, has a total of 32 issues, the last one appearing in February 1977. The draftsman makes the first prints at home, with a small offset material, then goes to a printer. He manages the magazine on his own, from conception to distribution to a growing network of subscribers. The circulation of the first few hundred copies of the first issues then reached 1,000. Each issue contains between 24 and 36 pages, cover and spine in colour, the rest in black and white. Each drawing occupies a full page (almost no text, except captions provided), offering the possibility of complex settings, sometimes with more than a dozen characters. After the first four issues devoted to literature, theatre and cinema, Le Trait published political drawings. From 1962, at the height of the Algerian War, the maga