“Past Due” Art In Progress by Miguel Guerra

There’s a great scene in Past Due (aka Super Corporate Heroes) volume 2: Memento Mori, where our anti-hero, Jonathan Winters, visits the gorgeous Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris to follow up on a lead to find his father’s hidden treasure.

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Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris

One excellent thing about living near Paris is we can scout out locations for our stories. A good example is a scene in “Past Due” which takes place at the Bibliothèque Mazarine. It’s an absolutely gorgeous building! The Bibliothèque Mazarine is located within the Palais de l’institut de France (Palace of the Institute of France on the Left Bank of the Seine facing the Pont des Arts and the Louvre.

★ Scroll down to see photographs by Suzy Dias and the finished comic page by Miguel Guerra.

Palais de l’institut de France

Bibliothèque Mazarine (within the Palace of the Institut de France)

Cardinal Mazarin and the Bibliothèque Mazarine

The Bibliothèque Mazarine was originally founded by Cardinal Jules Raymond Mazarin (1602-1661). This is from Wikipedia:

“With the death of Louis XIII in 1643, he became the new Prime Minister, with the support of the Queen, Anne of Austria. He immediately began constructing a palace for himself on rue de Richelieu in Paris, with an enormous chamber fifty-eight meters long designed especially to house his library. Visitors, including Frederick III, the King of Denmark, came from around Europe to see his library, and to model their own royal libraries after his. , Mazarin’s librarian, Gabriel Naudé, traveled to Italy, Switzerland, Germany, England and Holand, buying entire libraries for Mazarin’s collection, making it the largest library in Europe at the time, with forty thousand volumes.” [to read more click here].

Cardinal Mazarin (founder)

Art in progress: Bibliothèque Mazarine scene by Miguel Guerra

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