The Durutti Column > Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti, 4-page Situationist comic by Andre Bertrand given away at Strasbourg University in October 1966

Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti; detail [1]
Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti; detail [1]
Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti; detail [2]
Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti; detail [2]
Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti; detail [3]
Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti; detail [3]
Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti; detail [4]
Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti; detail [4]

Details

Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti was a 4-page Situationist comic by Andre Bertrand given away at Strasbourg University in October 1966. The image of the two Situationist cowboys was also used on a poster and inspired both the name of the group The Durutti Column and the name of the name of their first album 'The Return of The Durutti Column'.

A slightly modified version of the image also appeared on the FAC 3.11 poster given away to members of the now defunct "Durutti Database". Most of the copies were water damaged, though pristine copies do exist.

Transcript of the cowboys' conversation

Cowboy 1: "What's your scene, man?"
Cowboy 2: "Realisation*"
Cowboy 1: "Yeah? I guess that means pretty hard work with big books and piles of paper on a big table."
Cowboy 2: "Nope. I drift. Mostly I just drift."

* Other possible translations of the original French "Reification" include: exemplification, expression, formation, incarnation, inclusion, incorporation, integration, manifestation, organisation, personification, structure, systematisation.

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Thanks to Chris Allain for imagery.

Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti; detail [5]
Le Retour de la Colonne Durutti; detail [5]