|
Janson (Charleroi Pre-metro Station)
Janson is a Charleroi Metro station, located in downtown Charleroi, Belgium, in fare zone 1. It is an underground station featuring a central platform, with street access at both ends. Interior decoration, designed by architect Jean Yernaux, is themed around the Belgian comics characters from Dupuis Publishing, a well-known Belgian comics publishing company based in Marcinelle (part of the Charleroi municipality). Charleroi - station Janson - Les femmes en blanc - 01.jpg, Les Femmes en Blanc. Charleroi - station Janson - Jeannette Pointu - 01.jpg, Jeannette Pointu. Charleroi - station Janson - Les Daltons - 01.jpg, The Daltons. Charleroi - station Janson - Yoko Tsuno - 01.jpg, Yoko Tsuno. The station and the nearby ''Paul Janson Boulevard'' are named after Belgian politician Paul Janson. Nearby points of interest * ''CHU de Charleroi / Hôpital Civil'' hospital. * Stade du Pays de Charleroi Stade du Pays de Charleroi is a football stadium in the city of Charleroi, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleroi Metro
Charleroi Metro (french: Métro de Charleroi; previously known as the ''Charleroi Premetro'' (french: Métro léger de Charleroi)) is a light rail network in Belgium, consisting of a loop line around central Charleroi and three branches towards the suburbs of Gilly, Anderlues and Gosselies. Another branch to Châtelet (historically, the third one) was partially built but never entered service. The current system was opened in seven phases ranging from 1976 to 2012, which included 28 stations, of which 24 were in service along with 6 regular tram stops in Anderlues. On 22 June 2013, 18 more stations were added to the metro system when line M3 to Gosselies went into service. The original plans for the network were much more extensive with 8 branches radiating from the central loop, but had to be abandoned due to high costs and low prospective ridership rates. Operations , the network consists in a central loop running around the centre of Charleroi and comprising 8 stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleroi
Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.Statistics Belgium; ''Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2008'' (excel-file) Population of all municipalities in Belgium, as of 1 January 2008. Retrieved on 19 October 2008. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of with a total population of 522,522 by 1 January 2008, ranking it as the 5th most populous in |
Belgian Comics
Belgian comics are a distinct subgroup in the comics history, and played a major role in the development of European comics, alongside France with whom they share a long common history. While the comics in the two major language groups and regions of Belgium (Flanders with the Dutch language and Wallonia with French) each have clearly distinct characteristics, they are constantly influencing one another, and meeting each other in Brussels and in the bilingual publication tradition of the major editors. As one of the few arts where Belgium has had an international and enduring impact in the 20th century, comics are known to be "an integral part of Belgian culture". History Before 1940 The first large-scale production of comics in Belgium started in the second half of the 1920s. Earlier, illustrated youth pages were still very similar to the '' Images d'Épinal'' and the Flemish equivalent, the '' Mannekensbladen''. The comics that were available came from France and were mostly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dupuis
Éditions Dupuis S.A. () is a Belgium, Belgian publisher of comic albums and magazines. Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis, and is mostly famous for its comic comics album, albums and magazines. It is originally a French language publisher, but publishes many editions both in French and Dutch language, Dutch. Other language editions are mostly licensed to other publishers. Dupuis was for a long time a family business but was sold in the early 1980s and has since changed ownership a few times. Origin The growth of Dupuis towards becoming the leading comic book editor of Belgium started in 1938, when Dupuis added to its portfolio a men's magazine (''Le moustique'' [the mosquito] in French, ''HUMO, Humoradio'' in Dutch), a women's magazine (''Bonnes Soirées'' [good evenings] in French, ''De Haardvriend'' [the hearth's friend] in Dutch) and the children's comics magazine ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou''. The latter was originally only in Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcinelle
Marcinelle (; wa, Mårcinele) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Until 1977, it was a municipality of its own. Home of the comics publisher Dupuis, as many popular creators of Franco-Belgian comics were based in Marcinelle the town has given name to the famous drawing style known as the Marcinelle school. Marcinelle is also the place where serial killer Marc Dutroux lived, before his arrest. History Mining accident of Marcinelle On the morning of August 8, 1956, a fire in the mines of Marcinelle resulted in 262 casualties. At the time of the incident, 274 people were working in the colliery ''Bois du Cazier'', also known as ''Puits Saint-Charles''. A mining wagon incorrectly positioned in the elevator cage struck an oil pipe and electrical cables when the elevator started moving. This caused a fire, which trapped the miners working in the galleries below. Of the 274 people working on that morni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Femmes En Blanc
Les Femmes en Blanc (Women in white) is a Belgian comics humor series of 42 album volumes, for which the script was created by Raoul Cauvin and whose design was directed by Philippe Bercovici. Colours were done by Leonardo. The series debuted in 1981 in the Belgian comic book magazine '' Spirou'' and the first volume was released in 1986. Synopsis The setting of the series is a field hospital. The series deals with the troubles of nurses in a humorous and sometimes ironic, sometimes comic fashion. A series of short stories with a title are illustrated, and usually deal with some foible, with a medical problem or quirk. For example, in volume 29, the story ''A malin, malin et demi'' deals with a patient with nausea, vomiting, and dizziness. The nurse helps him to the bathroom and back. The toilet starts to run and the nurse calls a plumber to fix it. He discovers a bottle of booze in the tank, nearly empty. The nurse realizes that the patient is an alcoholic and has been going to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeannette Pointu
Jeannette Pointu is a Belgian comic book series created by Marc Wasterlain, starring the eponymous character. Comic books # ''Le Fils de l'Inca'', # ''Quatre x quatre'', # ''Le Dragon vert'', # ''Yeren'', # ''Reportages'', # ''Le Secret atlante'', # ''Mission sur Mars'', # ''Le Tigre de Tasmanie'', # ''Les Femmes girafes'', # ''Casque bleu'', # ''Le Monstre'', # ''Les Fourmis géantes'', # ''Le Trésor des calanques'', # ''Le Grand Panda'', # ''Aventure virtuelle'', # ''Les Hommes-feuilles'', # ''Opération clonage'', # 2003 : ''Femmes massaïs'', ## ''Ngorongoro'' (Tanzania) ## ''Burka'' (Afghanistan) ## ''Indi'' (India) ## ''Road Train'' (Australia) ## ''Nying-Ba'' (Nepal) ## ''La pédégère'' (une grande ville) # 2004 : ''Les Amazones'', ## ''Les Amazones'' ( Amazonie) ## ''La pirate'' ( mer de Chine) ## ''Chien jaune'' ( porte-avions Charles de Gaulle) ## ''La petite fugueuse'' (une banlieue) ## ''Femmes peules'' (Niger) # 2005 : ''Chasseurs de Tornades'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daltons (Lucky Luke)
Joe, William, Jack and Averell Dalton, known together as The Daltons or the Dalton brothers, are fictional characters in the ''Lucky Luke'' Western comics series. Four brothers and outlaws acting as the most recurring enemies to protagonist Lucky Luke, they were created by artist Morris and writer René Goscinny. Loosely inspired by the real-life Dalton Gang active in the United States in early 1890s (who themselves appeared in the 1954 ''Lucky Luke'' story " Outlaws"), The Daltons first had a one-panel cameo appearance in the 1958 comic '' Lucky Luke versus Joss Jamon'', before being prominently featured later that year in the comic '' The Dalton Cousins'' (named as such because the four are billed as the cousins of their real-life counterparts within the ''Lucky Luke'' universe). While Morris depicted the real-life Dalton brothers as evil and successful, the fictional Daltons are dysfunctional, messy and less skillful. They are strictly identical except for height: Joe, the ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoko Tsuno
''Yoko Tsuno'' is a comics album series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis in '' Spirou'' magazine since its debut in 1970. Through thirty volumes, the series tell the adventures of Yoko Tsuno, a female electrical engineer of Japanese origin surrounded by her close friends, Vic Video and Pol Pitron (see Yoko Tsuno characters). Their adventures bring them to, among other places, Belgium (Bruges), Germany, Scotland, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia and also into outer space. The stories are heavily technology driven, with concepts like robot dragons (''Le Dragon de Hong Kong''), suspended animation (''La Frontière de la vie''), time travel ('' La Spirale du temps'' and others), and even an alien species called the Vineans. Despite the often exotic settings and science-fiction plot lines, the stories generally remain realistic on the personal level between the characters and friendship, love and spirituality are some of the key themes of the series. The art i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Janson
Paul Janson (11 April 1840 – 19 April 1913) was a Walloon Belgian liberal politician.Jean Francis ''Mes belges années'' 1974 "Paul Janson ne demeura que quatre ans dans la cité liégeoise car sa famille vint s'établir à Ixelles, rue de l'Arbre-bénit mais tout son atavisme était wallon et il continua de se sentir tel. Bien plus tard, il écrira : « Là où se trouve la Meuse..", écrira-t-il beaucoup plus tard, "je suis content". Born in Herstal, Janson studied philosophy and law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. From an early age he was a strong supporter of electoral reform and stood on the progressive wing of the Belgian liberal movement. A modern study suggests that only "his visceral rejection of the class struggle" kept him from the burgeoning socialist movement. Janson was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the Liberal Party in 1877, but was not re-elected in 1884. That year he became a local councillor in Brussels. Re-elected in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Du Pays De Charleroi
Stade du Pays de Charleroi is a football stadium in the city of Charleroi, Belgium. It was built for the 2000 UEFA European Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands in replacement of the old stadium known as Mambourg. The name Stade du Mambourg officially changed in front of 25,000 spectators on 24 May 1999 during the inaugural match between Sporting and Metz. It is the home of Sporting Charleroi. Its capacity was 30,000 for Euro 2000 but was reduced shortly after to 25,000 in line with Charleroi's average attendances. The capacity was reduced again in 2013 to 15,000. sporting-charleroi.be (last check 30/03/2018) After the capacity reduction, the stands T2, T3, T4 were covered by a new roof. Between 2014 and 2015, minor adjustments to the seating and compliance of the stands for European competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chasseur
''Chasseur'' ( , ), a French term for "hunter", is the designation given to certain regiments of French and Belgian light infantry Light infantry refers to certain types of lightly equipped infantry throughout history. They have a more mobile or fluid function than other types of infantry, such as heavy infantry or line infantry. Historically, light infantry often fought ... () or light cavalry () to denote troops trained for rapid action. History This branch of the French Army originated during the War of the Austrian Succession when, in 1743, Jean Chrétien Fischer was authorized by the Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Marshal de Belle-Isle to raise a 600 strong mixed force of infantry and cavalry. It was called ''Chasseurs de Fischer.'' During the remainder of the 18th century various types of light troops () were employed within the French army, either as independent units or as companies within existing regiments. In 1788, there were 8 battalion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
