Brown's was not the first depiction of the Métis leader in comics. James Simpkins, a Canadian cartoonist best known for Jasper the Bear, made a mildly anti-Riel two-page strip in 1967, and Pierre Dupuis produced a French-language two-page summary in 1979. A 23-page pro-Riel strip appeared in "Canadian History Comic Book No. 2: Rebellion" in 1972. In 1980, Italian artist Hugo Pratt created a character called Jesuit Joe who was supposed to have descended from Riel. Publishing house Les Éditions des Plaines published two books on Riel: Robert Freynet's 58-page (""Louis Riel in Comics"") in 1990, and Zoran and Toufik's (""Louis Riel, the Father of Manitoba"") in 1996, both in French. Riel also played a secondary role in the 1995 comic album (""The Twilight of Bois-Brûlés"").