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Arcus Arcanum      1986 Hansrudi Waescher      Switzerland                                                   Art Medium: Pen and watercolour. Description: Hansrudi Waescher (1928-) grew up in the Italian part of Switzerland. He was impressed by comic books like 'Tarzan', 'Mandrake' and 'Flash Gordon'. After high school he studied graphic design. Wäscher entered the comic book field in 1953, with 'Sigurd'. After that, he drew, translated and wrote over 1,500 mini-sized comic books, published all over Europe. Later published as full deck in 1987.