Le lourd passé de Lagaffe, 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...

 and Jidéhem

Jidéhem

Jean De Mesmaeker known by the pseudonym Jidéhem, is a Belgian comics artist in the Marcinelle school tradition. A creator of his own series Sophie, and Ginger, and noted for his work with Starter and Uhu-man, he is perhaps best known for his collaborations and assistance to the work of André...

, is an 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, numbered R5. It is made up of 46 pages 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...

. It consists of a series of one-strip gags.

Story

This album is made up of all the gags and illustrations that had not been previously published in album.

Background

This album was definitely the last album numbered "R", but another album of re-publication would follow latter, the Gaston Lagaffe #0.

Inventions

• light backpack: thanks to a helium cylinder bonbonne which blows up a balloon it's easier to carry burdens

External links

• Official website