Gaffes et gadgets
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Gaffes et gadgets, written and drawn by Franquin
André Franquin
André Franquin was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best known comic strip creations are Gaston and Marsupilami, created while he worked on the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1947 to 1969, during a period seen by many as the series' golden age.-Franquin's beginnings:Franquin was...

, is an album in the original Gaston Lagaffe
Gaston Lagaffe
Gaston is a comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the comic strip magazine, Spirou. The series focuses on the every-day life of Gaston Lagaffe, a lazy and accident-prone office junior...

series, numbered 0. It is made up of strips and illustrations originally published in Spirou
Spirou (magazine)
Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...

, and was published by Dupuis
Dupuis
Éditions Dupuis S.A. is a Belgian publisher of comic books and magazines.Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis, and is mostly famous for its comic albums and magazines. It is originally a French language publisher, but publishes many editions both in French...

in 1985. It consists of 48 pages.

Inventions

  • paperclip: the biggest paperclip ever invented
  • Gastomobile: small vehicle which allows Gaston to get rapidly around Spirou offices.
  • a rocket: it intriguished many foreign secret services
  • anti-black ice chair: chair on casters to prevent Gaston from sliding on patches of black ice
  • automatic filing chest: a small button open directly the filing chest, no need to open drawers
  • artificial satellite : consists in making a ball turning around one's head

Background

This album consists of illustrations published in Spirou around 1957, at a time when Gaston Lagaffe was a character who served to fill the blanks in the magazine. It also collects some strips which never before had been published in album, plus some who were previously published in the small-sized album entitled Gaston, published in 1960.

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