Comic book. “Artbook Perinotto – Volume 6”
For this sixth volume, Air and Space illustrator Lucio Perinotto focuses on fighter jets produced since the end of World War II.
In the latest installment of his “Artbook Perinotto” collection, the artist tackles aviation since the advent of jet engines, which became operational at the end of World War II in 1944-1945. Soon, in 1947, jet engines made it possible to break the sound barrier, and the 1950s saw dozens of new aircraft appear in the skies. Traditional painting, gouache, watercolor, digital creation… The artist used a multitude of techniques to depict the aircraft of that era and those built since—creations that have all, or almost all, appeared in the monthly magazine “Le Fana de l’aviation.”
First looking back at Sir Frank Whittle’s design of the jet engine in the 1930s, the illustrator then reviews the main aircraft developed using this technology: the Bell P-59 Aircomet, the Martin XB-51, the McDonnell F2H Banshee, North American F-86 (United States), the Yak-15 (former Soviet Union), the English Electric Lightning (United Kingdom), the Dassault Ouragan, the Dassault Mystère, the Mirage, the Rafale (France) and many others. In 82 pages, this is one of the most comprehensive and aesthetically pleasing reviews of the best that military aviation has produced in almost eighty years. And that’s just jets!
“Artbook Perinotto – Volume 6” Texts by Bruno Didier. Illustrations by Lucio Perinotto. Published by Paquet, Cockpit collection. ISBN: 9782889323845
