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Spirou et Fantasio (comic book)
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Spirou et Fantasio, written and drawn by Franquin
(except for a few plates by Jijé
), is an album that precedes the main Spirou et Fantasio
album series. It contains Franquin's first four stories completed between 1946 and 1948, three of which were serialised in Le Journal de Spirou
.
Although this album is not regarded as part of the official series and was never republished, its four stories are all printed and available in the hors-série albums, HS1 L'héritage and HS2 Radar le robot.
Footnotes
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...
(except for a few plates by Jijé
Jijé
Jijé was a Belgian comics artist, best known for being a seminal artist on the Spirou et Fantasio strip and the creator of one of the first major European western strips, Jerry Spring.-Biography:Born Joseph Gillain in Gedinne, Namur, he completed various art studies Jijé (13 January 1914 – 20...
), is an album that precedes the main Spirou et Fantasio
Spirou et Fantasio
Spirou et Fantasio is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comic strips. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European humorous adventure comics like Tintin and Asterix...
album series. It contains Franquin's first four stories completed between 1946 and 1948, three of which were serialised in Le Journal de Spirou
Spirou (magazine)
Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...
.
Stories
- Fantasio et son tank. FantasioFantasioFantasio is a fictional character from the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip. He was introduced in 1944 by Jijé, who was then drawing Spirou's adventures. Fantasio is Spirou's best friend and co-adventurer, a graphic reporter with an uncontrolled imagination and a mop of blond hair...
buys a demobilized tank from an American soldier, and accidentally destroys the neighborhood with it. SpirouSpirou (character)Spirou is the main character of the Spirou et Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou comic strips. The character was originally created by Robert Velter for the launch of Le Journal de Spirou in 1938....
and the neighborhood boys help with repairs.
- La maison préfabriquée. Fantasio becomes a salesman of seaside prefabricated houses.
- L'heritage de Spirou. Spirou inherits from a deceased uncle, a strange house with secrets.
- Le Savant fou. (Also called Radar le robot) Spirou joins Fantasio on a journalistic trip, and they see a car with no driver causing panic in town. Following this invention, they meet an insane scientist, who has built a robot with the goal to destroy the world.
Background
The first story, Le Tank, is the very first 12 board "test" story Franquin drew to convince Jijé of his abilities, which was later printed in Spirou almanache 1947 of 1946. The following story, La maison préfabriquée, is the episode Jijé famously had begun in Spirou issue #422, but handed over to Franquin, to continue five boards into the work from issue #427.Although this album is not regarded as part of the official series and was never republished, its four stories are all printed and available in the hors-série albums, HS1 L'héritage and HS2 Radar le robot.
Sources
- Franquin publications in Spirou BDoubliées
- Les Mémoires de Spirou Thierry Martens, Jean-Paul Tibéri, Dupuis, 1989. 160 pp.
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