Le Lombard
Encyclopedia
Le Lombard or Lombard Editions is a Belgian
comic book
publisher established in 1946 when the Tintin magazine
was launched. In 1986 the company was acquired by Média-Participations
.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
publisher established in 1946 when the Tintin magazine
Tintin (magazine)
Le journal de Tintin or Kuifje , was a weekly Belgian comics magazine of the second half of the 20th century...
was launched. In 1986 the company was acquired by Média-Participations
Média-Participations
Média-Participations is a French media concern, controlled by a Belgian holding concern, specialized in Franco-Belgian comics. It has some forty publishers in its portfolio, including Dupuis, Dargaud, Le Lombard and Fleurus.-History:...
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Titles
Lombard's more famous series include:- Clifton
- ThorgalThorgalThorgal is a critically acclaimed Belgian comic book series by the Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński. It first appeared in serial form in the "Tintin" magazine in 1977, and has been published in hardcover volumes by Le Lombard from 1980 on...
- Ric HochetRic HochetRic Hochet is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Tibet and André-Paul Duchâteau . It first appeared on March 3, 1955 in the comics magazine Tintin.-Synopsis:...
- The SmurfsThe Smurfs (comics)The Smurfs are a Belgian comic series, created by cartoonist Peyo . The fictional characters of the Smurfs first appeared in Johan and Peewit in 1958, and the first independent Smurf comics appeared in 1959. Twenty-nine Smurf comic albums have been created, 16 of them by Peyo...
- Léonard
- YakariYakariYakari is a Franco-Belgian comic book series, aimed at a younger audience, written by Job and illustrated by Derib....
- CubitusCubitusCubitus is a Franco-Belgian comics series, and the basis for the Wowser cartoon series appearing in the United States. Cubitus was created by the cartoonist Dupa, and features Cubitus, a large anthropomorphic dog, who lives with his owner Semaphore...
- l'Élève DucobuL'Élève DucobuL'Élève Ducobu is a comic series created by Zidrou and Godi . The series tells the adventures of Ducobu, a comic and eccentric dunce. The series first appeared in September 1992 in the Belgian comics magazine Tremplin...
- Buddy LongwayBuddy LongwayBuddy Longway is a western comic book written by the Swiss comic book writer Derib. It is published under the Le Lombard publishing house. The first issue came out in 1972, and 16 issues were published until 1987 until Derib restarted the series in 2002, continuing with four further issues until...
- Bob MoraneBob MoraneBob Morane, a creation of French-speaking Belgian novelist Henri Vernes, the pseudonym of Charles-Henri Dewisme, is a series of adventure books in French, featuring an eponymous protagonist...
- AlphaAlpha (Lombard)Alpha is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Pascal Renard, illustrated by Youri Jigounov and published by Le Lombard in French and Cinebook in English.-Volumes:#L'échange - 05/1996 ISBN 2-8036-1204-6#Clan Bogdanov - 05/1997 ISBN 2-8036-1248-8...
- I.R.$.
- Lait entier
- Odilon Verjus
External links
- Le Lombard Company website in English, FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, and DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
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