Hamster Jovial or Hamster Jovial et les louveteaux was a French comics series created by

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about a scoutsleader and his three young cubs. It ran between December 1971 and June 1974 in the French music magazine ''

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''. Reprints also appeared in ''

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''.

Concept

Hamster Jovial is a tall, naïve scouts leader who is passionate about

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. He always tries to inspire his young scouts (two boy scouts, one girl) with moralistic life lessons and by teaching them to sing along songs with him, but none of them care. The comic strip was controversial for frequently making risqué jokes, particularly involving the sexual antics of the little girl scout and her boyfriend. Gotlib furthermore made a lot of references to rock artists who were popular around the time these comics were published, from Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd over

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. In one series of gags he had Hamster Jovial parody famous album covers.

Albums

* ''Hamster Jovial et ses louveteaux'' (1977).

Sources

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