Lagaffe mérite des baffes, 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 the thirteenth album of 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. It is made up of 46 strips previously published in Spirou

Spirou (magazine)

Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...

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Story

In this album, a struggle between Longtarin and Lagaffe begins. This theme will also be the occasion of most of the gags in the next album.

Inventions

• parking meter: fake meter, so well imitated that drivers fill it
• mini lawn ower: miniature lawn mower to avoid cutting daisies
• heating for motorbikes: suit linked to the radiator of the motorbike, and in which heated water flows, so that the motorcyclist is never cold; the only problem is that it lacks a regulator
• electricity generator: thanks to a dynamo, a treadle lights a small lamp and allows the staff to deal with very urgent work in case of power failure
• inflatable bag: bag to protect car occupants in case of accident, it goes off even in case of slight contact

Background

The first page of the album deals with the R5 album case. Prunelle announces that any #5 album will never be published.

External links

• Official website