A sega game gear version was planned, but scrapped, though a prototype version with the full completed game was leaked online. Boom pipeline to produce a new series titled le petit spirou. How did relatively small belgium manage to develop such an influential and iconic comic book industry postwwii. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Details about spirou et fantasio 20 le faiseur dor french comics. Gaston lagaffe the gaffefilled life of a lazy employee. Get the best deals on cartoon collectible international edition comics when you shop the largest online selection at. As a little kid even before the smurfs became popular on tv, i knew about the spirou series bc my cousins were a big fan of peewit of the spirou series. With his sidekick fantasio and his pet squirrel spip, he has many adventures over the globe, fighting mad.
The main character was originally an elevator lift operator in french. The series is based on the highly popular comic book collection. Spirou is also the oldest frenchlanguage comics magazine and only behind il giornalino 1924 and detective comics 1937 in being the oldest stillrunning comics magazine in the world today. Spirou et fantasio spirou and fantasio is one of the most successful belgian comic book adventure series, spawning various spinoff series and two animated adaptations one in 19921995, the other in 20062009. Heres what the frenchspirou label looks like note that it doesnt specify the version. Bouletcorp itself is a journal comic examining boulets life and career as a french cartoonist and all the struggles it entails.
Les schtroumpfs you may already know these little blue characters as smurfs. The adventures of asterix is arguably the most popular series in francelike i mentioned earlier, it has an entire theme park dedicated to it. Describing the life of a typical family in a normal town, boule et bill is another well. When you think of french comics, its more than likely that the figures of asterix and his friend obelix spring to mind. Heres what the french spirou label looks like note that it doesnt specify the version. Far from the exciting and magical life she expected, her life in the castle is mostly dedicated to mindless chores and boring alchemy. Spirou et fantasio comic book spirou et fantasio, written and drawn by franquin except for a few plates by jije, is an album that precedes the main spirou et fantasio album series. Born to french canadian parents, i had a basement wall full of bd to. Spirou was the french language version of the book, for the belgians who spokeread french primarily spirou was also distributed to france, since they also spokeread french robbedoes was also distributed to the netherlands, since they also spokeread dutch. May 12, 2017 the spirou magazine is filled with french comics and single page gag strips. Describing the life of a typical family in a normal town, boule et bill is another wellknown belgian comic.
Jan 15, 2020 france and belgium are very famous for their comic books. Pipeline comics european comics from a north american. When his mother announces that he will integrate the grooms school at the beginning of the next school year, petit spirou, with the help of his friends, will take advantage of his last days of class to. It follows the adventures of former hotel bellboy spirou and his reporter friend fantasio, along with fellow reporter seccotine, eccentric. A unique saga in the wonderful world of comics, which continues to flourish in. Cartoon collectible international edition comics for sale ebay. If nothing else, i learned that french comic fans and american comic fans are alike. Parc spirou is based upon and themed around the comic book figure of spirou. He also serves as the mascot of the belgian comic strip magazine spirou. It is currently being written by yves sente and youri jigounov. Nov 23, 2018 as a little kid even before the smurfs became popular on tv, i knew about the spirou series bc my cousins were a big fan of peewit of the spirou series. He also appeared in the belgian comic book series gaston lagaffe.
More of an illustrator than a traditional comic book artist, philippe druillet nevertheless revolutionized comics by not only translating the literary influences of authors such as lovecraft, moorcock, etc. Franquin publications in spirou bdoubliees in french. Thirty smurf comic albums have been created, 16 of them by peyo. When you think of french comics, its more than likely that the figures of. Le petit spirou is a belgian comics series that started of a spinoff of the iconic spirou and fantasio comic book series. From the beautifully drawn thorgal to the punloving kiekeboe, there are many more belgian comic books to discover. Spirou is also the oldest frenchlanguage comics magazine and only behind il. Spirou in this series is a little boy in elementary school. Its impossible to feature all of those wonderful stories in just one article. Nov 20, 2019 spirou was the french language version of the book, for the belgians who spokeread french primarily spirou was also distributed to france, since they also spokeread french robbedoes was also distributed to the netherlands, since they also spokeread dutch. Spirou left and fantasio right, with the marsupilami and spip the squirrel. Hes a bellboy who became a reporter while he investigated various stories and mysteries. A belgian cartoonist from the golden age of comics.
Boule et bill the adventures of a typical french family. It follows the adventures of former hotel bellboy spirou and his reporter friend fantasio, along with fellow reporter seccotine, eccentric scientist. At first glance le petit spirou appears to a typical baby knockoff of a franchise built around adult characters. Spirou et fantasio, written and drawn by franquin except for a few plates by jije, is an album that precedes the main spirou et fantasio album series. Spirou et fantasio is one of the most popular classic francobelgian comics.
Fluentu makes learning french fun and effective because it teaches you through engaging content and realworld context. Urbanus the character is a mischievous boy who, despite his age, sports a fully grown beard. Xiii thirteen is a belgian graphic novel series about an amnesiac who seeks to discover his past. The american comic book market is very good at that, too. Spirou, the classic period 19381969 lambiek comicshistory. With sacha pinault, lila poulet, mahe laridan, timothee moffen. Fournier authored nine books in the series, which saw spirou evolve into a more modern character. I just noticed that this is the 775th installment of comic book legends revealed. See more ideas about comics, comic books and tintin. Jun 16, 2018 parc spirou is based upon and themed around the comic book figure of spirou.
Spirou et fantasio 20 le faiseur dor french comics hardcover 1970 dupuis eo. Jan 17, 2020 created by clark and gilson, the french comic melusine relates the life of the redhaired and kindhearted witch melusine during her au pair experience in a castle. Fantasio is one of the main characters of the belgian comic book series spirou et fantasio. Its first appearance was in the 31 january 1952 issue of the francobelgian comics magazine spirou.
Looking back on spirou et les heritiers pipeline comics. Follow boulet as he strives to meet deadlines, deals with the arrogance of the art world, and navigates frustrating booksigning events. When they arrive, champignacs colleague walker donahue informs them that champignac has been abducted by local gangster sam. France and belgium are very famous for their comic books. French comics surreptitiously kept superman comics going after the nazis banned most american comics during world war ii. Little spirou, like all his family before him, has a career destiny all traced. The spirou magazine is filled with french comics and single page gag strips. The series has been continued by many different authors and is still very much alive today. Spirou et fantasio english version volume 11 the wrong head. There are a number of different types of comic books for different age groups, but some have more credibility than others. Spirou, launched in 1938, is the oldest belgian comics magazine still in production not counting zonneland, from 1920, which also features comics, but was never purely devoted to the medium. Jamspoons drawn and written by different artists over the time and published in the belgian magazine spirou, spirou et fantasio relates the adventures of two adventurous journalists, their pet squirrel spip, and their inventor friend the count of champignac boule et bill. Dupuis managed to bypass the ban by publishing the books lespiegle au. It was created by writer jean van hamme and artist william vance.
How superman outmaneuvered the nazi ban on american. It contains franquins first four stories completed between 1946 and 1948, three of which were serialised in spirou magazine. The comic book series the adventures of urbanus are drawn by willy linthout. See more ideas about comics, comic books and american cartoons. The storyline of the first five volumes was adapted into a video game in 2003.
Parc spirou provence monteux, provencealpescote dazur. For me, i learned about spirou 1071 through these boards. French language added new ones in modern times, cinema, photography, and the ninth art. Cartoon collectible international edition comics for sale. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim under the pseudonym moebius. More of an illustrator than a traditional comic book artist.
Spirou is a platform game developed and published by infogrames during 1995 and 1996 for the sega mega drive, snes and game boy video game consoles, and for windows and dos. Toon boom picked for new french series le petit spirou. Spirou et fantasio series by jije meet your next favorite book. Frenchspeaking comicbooks arent only tintin and the smurfs. Spirou, the classic period 19381969 lambiek comics. The comic, entitled entretien avec jean giraud, or m. But when they bring on a new partner and attempt the. Spirou et fantasio spirou and fantasio is one of the most successful belgian comic book adventure series, spawning various spinoff series and two animated adaptations one in 19921995, the other in 20062009 spirou is an intrepid hotel groomreporter.
Spirou and fantasios friend, the count of champignac, asks them to join him in australia, where he has heard that an ancient monolith is still standing. Les schtroumpfs is a belgian comic series, created by cartoonist peyo pen name of pierre culliford. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least years of age, and have read and agree to the terms of service and. The titular creatures were introduced as supporting characters in an already established series, johan and peewit in 1958, and starred in their own series from 1959.
Spirou walloon for squirrel, mischievous is a belgian comic strip character and protagonist in the comic strip series spirou et fantasio and le petit spirou. The smurfs from marvel 1980s was the book that was readily available on ebay and other sites. Belgium has more comic book artists per square kilometers than anywhere else in the world. His sons laurent aka lorg and philip gillain followed him into the comic book industry as an artist and scriptwriter, respectively. French comics kwiziq french language learning blog. Its a great sampling of french comics, with plenty of 99 cent issues. The current creators on spirou are rethinking some things, and i hope it isnt.
Spirou is a reporter created by french author robert velter in 1938 but brought to great popularity and iconic status by the belgian author franquin. Heres a look at a few of my favorite french comic book series. Though never having reached wallonia, the comic books are quite popular in the netherlands. Other books in the series spirou et fantasio 1 10 of 56 books. Spirou and fantasio two intrepid journalists explore the world. Spirou et fantasio english version volume 11 the wrong head french edition kindle edition by franquin.
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