''Spirou et l'aventure'', written and drawn by

Jijé Joseph Gillain (), better known by his pen name Jijé (; 13 January 1914 – 19 June 1980), was a Belgian comics artist, best known for being a seminal artist on the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' strip (and for having introduced the Fantasio character) ...

, is the first published album containing ''

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 ...

'' adventures. The 6 featured stories were produced during and after

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, and serialised in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ' ('' Spirou'' magazine) during this unusual period. They were assembled and published as a hardcover album in 1948 and feature the first appearances of Fantasio.

Story

Contains the stories: * ''Le meeting aérien'' (1943) * ''Autour du monde avec le pilote rouge'' (1944) * ''Le voyage dans le temps'' (1944–45) * ''L'enlèvement de Spip'' (1945) * ''La jeep de Fantasio'' (1945–46) * ''Fantasio et le Fantôme'' (1946)

Background

These stories are considered Jijé's 4th-9th ''Spirou'' stories, independent of the work when he functioned as a collaborator on the earliest work by

Rob-Vel François Robert Velter (; 9 February 1909 – 27 April 1991), known by his pen-name Rob-Vel (), was a French cartoonist. He is best known for creating the character ''Spirou et Fantasio, Spirou'' in 1938. Biography Like ''Spirou'', Velter b ...

. This collection is not regarded among the regular series as it had limited publication, and some of the original plates are thought to be lost. Two of the stories, ''La jeep de Fantasio'' and ''Fantasio et le Fantôme'' were later published in the "hors-séries" albums, HS2 ''Radar le robot'' and HS4 ''Fantasio et le fantôme et 4 autres aventures''.

Footnotes

Sources

Joseph Gilain (Jijé) publications in ''Spirou''
BDoubliées * ''Les Mémoires de Spirou'', Thierry Martens, Jean-Paul Tibéri, Dupuis, 1989. p. 160 References

External links

Spirou official site album index
Spirou et Fantasio albums 1948 books 1948 comics debuts Works originally published in Spirou (magazine) Literature first published in serial form {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub