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List Of Spike And Suzy Books In English
The Spike and Suzy comic books, originally created by Willy Vandersteen have had four print runs in the English language. The first of these was called ''Willy and Wanda'' and was released in the United States. The second and third were released in the UK, the first being entitled ''Bob and Bobette'', and the second ''Spike and Suzy''. The fourth is ''Luke and Lucy'' and was released in Belgium. Willy and Wanda Released in 1976 in the United States. The last two are specials released in 1986-88. * ''An Island called Hoboken'' (1976) * ''The Zincshrinker'' (1976) * ''The King Drinks'' (1976) * ''A Fool's Gold'' (1976) * ''The Tender-Hearted Matador'' or ''Duck, Lambik, or Your Goose is Cooked'' (1976) * ''The Iron Flowerpotters'' (1976) * ''The Merry Musketeers'' (1976) * ''The Circus Baron'' (1976) * ''The Golden Flower'' (1976) * ''Dancing Cards'' (1983) * ''Sony-San'' (1986) * ''The Jewel in the Lotus'' (1987) Bob and Bobette # ''The Diamond Boomerang'' (1989) # ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike And Suzy
''Spike and Suzy'' (British title), ''Willy and Wanda'' (American title) or ''Luke and Lucy'' (in a 2009 film and video game) (Dutch: ''Suske en Wiske'', french: link=no, Bob et Bobette) is a Belgian comics series created by the comics author Willy Vandersteen. It was first published in '' De Nieuwe Standaard'' in 1945 and soon became popular. Although not in its earlier form, the strip adapted to the Ligne claire style, pioneered by Hergé. This change took place when the strip became serialised in Hergé's Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Tintin'' from 1948 to 1959. The books revolve around the adventures of the eponymous Spike and Suzy, two children (pre-adolescent or adolescent depending on the album), along with their friends and family. The stories combine elements of comedy, fantasy, and science fiction, such as talking animals, time travel and ghosts. The strip still runs daily in the Belgian newspaper ''De Standaard'', and new books continue to be published; as of May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic
a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glossary of comics terminology#Caption, 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. Cartoonist, Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; ''Photo comics, fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, Political cartoon, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, Bande d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Vandersteen
Willy Vandersteen (15 February 1913 – 28 August 1990) was a Belgian creator of comic books. In a career spanning 50 years, he created a large studio and published more than 1,000 comic albums in over 25 series, selling more than 200 million copies worldwide. Considered together with Marc Sleen the founding father of Flemish comics, he is mainly popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Hergé called him "The Brueghel of the comic strip", while the creation of his own studio and the mass production and commercialization of his work turned him into "the Walt Disney of the Low Countries". Vandersteen is best known for ''Suske en Wiske'' (published in English as ''Spike and Suzy'', ''Luke and Lucy'', ''Willy and Wanda'' or ''Bob and Bobette''), which in 2008 sold 3.5 million books. His other major series are ''De Rode Ridder'' with over 200 albums and ''Bessy'' with almost 1,000 albums published in Germany. Biography 1913–1939 Willebrord Jan Frans Maria Vandersteen wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electrabel
Electrabel SA is a Belgian energy corporation. It is a subsidiary of French multinational utility company Engie S.A. (formerly GDF Suez). History Electrabel was established in 1905. Its actual name originates from 1990, after the regrouping of the companies Intercom, EBES and Unerg. For a long time a majority stake in Electrabel was held by the French company Suez. In 2005, Suez increased its stake to 96.7% and a squeeze-out of the remaining shareholders was completed on 10 July 2007, when the company was delisted from the stock exchange. Following Suez's 2008 merger with Gaz de France, Electrabel became a subsidiary of GDF Suez, which changed its name into Engie in 2015. Operations Electrabel is active in the Benelux market. It generates electricity and heat, and supplies electricity and natural gas to six million customers. In 2008, Electrabel sold 97.4 TWh of electricity and 72 TWh of natural gas. It is the largest electricity producer in the Netherlands and Belgium, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Technopolis (Belgium)
Technopolis is a Flemish technology education centre located near Mechelen. Flanders Technology International Technopolis is an initiative which grew out of the Flanders Technology International (FTI) Foundation, which was an initiative of the Flemish government. Since 7 October 1999, the FTI offices are located within the premises of the Technopolis centre and the name of the organization was changed to Technopolis. The goal of the organization is to stimulate biotechnology and micro-electronics, and to increase the visibility of science in Flanders. Exhibition The Technopolis science museum was founded on 26 February 2000. It has a permanent interactive (hands-on) exhibition for science and technology on display. See also * Science and technology in Flanders * Agoria, technology industry in Belgium. * Institute for the promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT) * Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) * Deutsches Museum * Euro Space Center * Evoluon * Scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Texas Rangers
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Belgian Comics Titles
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Lists Of Comics
Lists of comics: * List of comic books * List of comic books on CD/DVD * List of comic strips * List of comics and comic strips made into feature films * List of comics solicited but never published * List of feminist comic books * List of limited series * Lists of webcomics * List of wrestling-based comic books * List of comedians By country *List of American comics * List of Franco-Belgian comics series *List of Indian comics *List of Italian comics * Lists of manga *Lianhuanhua listed by year * List of manhua *List of manhwa licensed in English *List of Philippine comics *List of Spanish comics By genre * List of dystopian comics *List of fantasy comics This is a list of fantasy comics, consisting of comics whose fantasy content comprise a significant portion of the total content. Comic books * ''A Game of Thrones'' * ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' * '' Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld'' * ''Arak ... * List of furry comics * List of romance comics Based on works * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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