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André Franquin (January 3, 1924 – January 5, 1997) was a Belgian cartoonist, perhaps best known for his humorous comic strip creation Gaston and the Marsupilami. He also worked on the Spirou comic strip for many years, which are still seen by some as a golden age. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...
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This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ...
Gaston Lagaffe is the main character of the comic strip Gaston, originally created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Belgian comic strip magazine, Spirou. ...
Marsupilami is a fictional animal created by André Franquin in 1952. ...
Spirou is: a Belgian childrens comic magazine; one of its serial comic strips, which is also published in hardcover format the eponymous character of the comic strip. ...
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He began his career with fellow artists Peyo and Morris, who would also go on to become renowned. He took over the Spirou strip in 1946, and largely reinvented it, creating longer, more elaborate storylines and a plethora of burlesque characters. Pierre Culliford (June 25, 1928 – December 24, 1992), known as Peyo, was a Belgian illustrator, perhaps best known for the creation of the Smurfs comic strip. ...
Maurice de Bévère (December 1, 1923 - July 16, 2001), better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist and the creator of Lucky Luke. ...
Spirou is: a Belgian childrens comic magazine; one of its serial comic strips, which is also published in hardcover format the eponymous character of the comic strip. ...
Most notable is the Marsupilami, which was inspired by seeing busy tram conductors on his way into work with his colleagues. This fictional animal has become part of (French? Franco-Belgian? European) popular culture, and has spawned cartoons, a comic book series of its own and merchandise. The cartoons have broadened its appeal to English-speaking countries. Marsupilami is a fictional animal created by André Franquin in 1952. ...
Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...
In 1957 he created anti-hero Gaston Lagaffe as a joke. The weekly strip, detailing the mishaps and madcap ideas and inventions of a terminally idle office boy took off, and became Franquin's best-known creation. He continued work on the strip until his death. 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Gaston Lagaffe is the main character of the comic strip Gaston, originally created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Belgian comic strip magazine, Spirou. ...
Later Gaston strips sometimes included themes important to Franquin: pacifism and the environment.
His Ideés Noires (lit. "Dark Thoughts") strips concentrated on these themes, and showed a darker, alarmed side of his nature. In one strip [1] (http://www.math.uio.no/~janl/ts/franquin.html), a pair of flies are seen wandering a strange looking landscape, discussing the mistakes of their predecessors. In the final box, we see the landscape is a city made from human skulls, and one fly says "don't be too hard on them, they did leave us such splendid cities".
See also Gaston Lagaffe is the main character of the comic strip Gaston, originally created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Belgian comic strip magazine, Spirou. ...
Spirou is: a Belgian childrens comic magazine; one of its serial comic strips, Spirou et Fantasio (Spirou and Fantasio), which is also published in hardcover format the eponymous character of the comic strip. ...
Belgium and France have a long tradition in comics, known locally as les bande dessinées. ...
External links - Biography of Franquin (http://www.gastonlagaffe.com/gaston/code/en/franq.htm) - part of The official Gaston Lagaffe website (http://www.gastonlagaffe.com/gaston/index.htm)
- Franquin chronology (http://www.gastonlagaffe.com/gaston/code/en/dates.htm) - part of the same site
- Official site in French (http://www.franquin.com/)
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