Franz Drappier (1948-2003) was an extremely prolific Belgian artist. Political cartoons, comics, even scriptwriting . . . He created or took over several prominent adventure series set in various times and locations: Jugurtha in Ancient Rome, Poupé e d'Ivoire in 12th century Central Asia, Lester Cockney and the British Empire of the 19thcentury. A taste for History only equalled by his passion for horses - fertile soil for a Western . . .