''Le réveil du Z'', written by
Tome and drawn by
Janry
Jean-Richard Geurts, better known under his pseudonym Janry (born 2 October 1957), is a Belgian comics artist. With Tome he created ''Le Petit Spirou'' and made several ''Spirou et Fantasio'' albums.
Early life
Born in Jadotville (now Likasi) i ...
, is the thirty-seventh album of the ''
Spirou et Fantasio
''Spirou & Fantasio'' (), commonly shortened to ''Spirou'', is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comics. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European comics, European humorous adventu ...
'' series, and the fifth of the authors. The story was initially serialised in ''
Spirou'' magazine before being released as a hardcover album in 1986.
Story
In ''The Awakening of Z'', after the extraordinary temporal adventure that they have just lived at the sides of Aurélien de Champignac,
Spirou and
Fantasio resume their journalistic activities. Fantasio is confronted with the skepticism of his new director of information, Kakeukh, who refuses to publish his article about the adventure. Being drunk, Fantasio is victim of an accident in the staircase of the Dupuis Editions, which obliges him to remain at the house with Spirou. The same evening, Snouffelaire appears in the house and it is suddenly transported to
2062
In contemporary history, the third millennium is the current millennium in the ''Anno Domini'' or Common Era, under the Gregorian calendar. It began on 1 January 2001 ( MMI) and will end on 31 December 3000 ( MMM), spanning the 21st to 30th ...
, the time of Aurélien.
They quickly discover, in company of So-Yah, the assistant of Aurélien, that the world is at the mercy of the descendant of Zorglub. Captured by Zorglhommes, they rejoin Aurélien but succeed in escaping before breaking the Zorgloge, the heart of Zorglub Jr's power. Aurélien, grateful, returns them to their own time.
References
Tome publications in ''Spirou''an
BDoubliées
External links
Spirou official site album index
Spirou et Fantasio albums
Works originally published in Spirou (magazine)
Literature first published in serial form
1986 books
1986 in comics
Fiction set in the 2060s
Comics set in the 21st century
Comics about time travel
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