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Le Lourd Passé De Lagaffe
''Le lourd passé de Lagaffe'', written and drawn by Franquin and Jidéhem, is an album of the original ''Gaston Lagaffe'' series, numbered R5. It is made up of 46 pages and was published by 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 .... 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 References Gaston Lagaffe classic serieson the official website on bdoubliées.com. External linksOfficial website ... [...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] |
Gaston Lagaffe
''Gaston'' is a Belgian gag-a-day comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. The series focuses on the everyday life of Gaston Lagaffe (whose surname means "the blunder"), a lazy and accident-prone office junior who works at ''Spirous office in Brussels. Gaston is very popular in large parts of Europe (especially in Belgium and France) and has been translated into over a dozen languages, but except for a few pages by Fantagraphics in the early 1990s (as ''Gomer Goof''), there was no English translation until Cinebook began publishing English language editions of Gaston books (again named 'Gomer Goof') in July, 2017. Since the 1980s Gaston has appeared on a wide variety of merchandise. Publication history André Franquin who was then in charge of ''Spirou et Fantasio'', the primary series of '' Spirou'' magazine, first introduced the character Gaston in issue n°985, published February 28, 1957. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirou (magazine)
''Spirou'' (french: Le Journal de Spirou) is a weekly Franco-Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company since April 21, 1938. It's an anthology magazine with new features appearing regularly, containing a mix of short humor strips and serialized features, of which the most popular series would be collected as albums by Dupuis afterwards. History Creation With the success of the weekly magazine ''Le Journal de Mickey'' in France, and the popularity of the weekly ''Adventures of Tintin'' in ''Le Petit Vingtième'', many new comic magazines or youth magazines with comics appeared in France and Belgium in the second half of the 1930s. In 1936, the experienced publisher Jean Dupuis put his sons Paul and the 19-year-old Charles in charge of a new magazine aimed at the juvenile market. First appearing 21 April 1938, it was a large format magazine, available only in French and only in Wallonia. It was an eight-page weekly comics magazine composed of a mixture of short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Franquin
André Franquin (; 3 January 1924 – 5 January 1997) was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best-known creations are '' Gaston'' and ''Marsupilami''. He also produced the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' comic strip from 1946 to 1968, a period seen by many as the series' golden age. Biography Franquin's beginnings Franquin was born in Etterbeek in 1924.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "André Franquin". In België gestript, pp. 113-115. Tielt: Lannoo. Although he started drawing at an early age, Franquin got his first actual drawing lessons at '' École Saint-Luc'' in 1943. A year later however, the school was forced to close down because of the war and Franquin was then hired by Compagnie belge d'actualités (CBA), a short-lived animation studio in Brussels. It is there he met some of his future colleagues: Maurice de Bevere (Morris, creator of ''Lucky Luke''), Pierre Culliford (Peyo, creator of the ''Smurfs''), and Eddy Paape. Three of them (minus Peyo) were hired by Dupuis in 1945, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jidéhem
Jean De Mesmaeker (21 December 1935 – 30 April 2017) known by the pseudonym Jidéhem ("JDM"), was a Belgian comics artist in the Marcinelle school tradition. He was best known for his series featuring a cute, playful and adventurous young girl, '' Sophie''. A creator of his own series '' Sophie'', and ''Ginger'', and noted for his work with ''Starter'' and ''Uhu-man'', he is known for his collaborations and assistance to the work of André Franquin during a long career at the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou'', working on ''Spirou et Fantasio'' and ''Gaston Lagaffe ''Gaston'' is a Belgian gag-a-day comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. The series focuses on the everyday life of Gaston Lagaffe (whose surname means "the blund ...'', on which he shared co-authorship for several years. Sources Jidéhem publications in ''Spirou''BDoubliées ;Footnotes External linkson Lambiek Comiclop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Direct De La Gaffe
''En direct de la gaffe'', written and drawn by Franquin and Delporte, is an album of the original ''Gaston Lagaffe'' series, numbered R4. It is made up of 44 pages and was published by 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 .... It consists of a series of one-strip gags. Story This album is made up of small-sized strip and article relating Gaston' blunders. All the gags and articles, entitled "En direct de la rédaction", written by Yvan Delporte for the Gaston Lagaffe series are grouped in this album. It is also constituted of Spirou covers. Many new characters are introduced, such as Jules Soutier, Bertrand Labévue, Beaucoudeau and Mélanie Molaire. The Gaffophone also appears for the first time. Inventions *trouser press: system to make the ironing of trousers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Gaffes Et Des Dégâts
''Des gaffes et des dégâts'', written and drawn by Franquin, is the sixth album of the original '' Gaston Lagaffe'' series. The 59 strips of this album were previously published in '' Spirou'' magazine. Story In this album, Bertrand Labévue and the Gaffophone appear for the first time. Most of the gags are caused by the instrument. Inventions *filter for gases: to be placed on the exhaust pipe of one's car to prevent CO2 emissions *a rocket to modify the weather: rocket full of explosive, but inefficient *quick floor polisher: consists of an old fire extinguisher. *table : a table camping which can fold automatically, thank to a small button situated at the center of the table, which can cause some unexpected and accidents Background This is the first Gaston Lagaffe album published in the usual Franco-Belgian album format (21,8 x 30 cm). References Gaston Lagaffe classic serieson the official website on bdoubliées.com. External linksOfficial website 1968 graph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics By André Franquin
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; ''fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, and ' have become increasingly common, while online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century. The h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
