Il y a un sorcier à Champignac, 1951, by Franquin

Spirou et Fantasio (Spirou and Fantasio) is a Franco-Belgian comic strip that began its run in 1938. The series fits in with the European comedic adventure comics like Tintin and Asterix. It is one of the most widely known of the classic Belgian comic strips and, unlike Tintin, new Spirou books continue to be published to this day. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x690, 70 KB)franquin/dupuis licence: This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x690, 70 KB)franquin/dupuis licence: This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... European comics is a generalized terms for comics produced in Continental Europe. ... The main cast of the series. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Tintin, one of the most famous Belgian comics Franco-Belgian comics are comics written in Belgium and France. ...

Spirou and Fantasio are the series' main characters, two adventurous journalists who run into fantastic adventures, aided by Spirou's pet squirrel Spip, their inventor friend the Count of Champignac and, occasionally, fellow reporter Seccotine. Spirou and Spip from the album Aventure en Australie Spirou is a fictional character, the main character of Spirou et Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou comic strips. ... Young Spirou on the cover of Spanish magazine Yo y Yo Spirou is: Spirou magazine, a Belgian childrens comic magazine; one of its serial comic strips, Spirou et Fantasio (Spirou and Fantasio), which is also published in hardcover format Spirou, the eponymous character of the comic strip. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Spirou and Spip from the album Aventure en Australie Spirou is a fictional character, the main character of Spirou et Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou comic strips. ... The Count of Champignac is a fictional character in the Spirou comic books. ... Seccotine is a recurring character from the Spirou et Fantasio comics, and the first major female character in the series. ...

The strip has been translated to several languages, among them German, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish and Japanese. Only two books, number 15 and 16, have been translated into English by Fantasy Flight Publishing in the mid-90's, although they're currently out of print. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

History

Spirou's Origins

The comic strip was originally created by Robert Velter (Rob-Vel) for the launch of the Journal de Spirou in 1938. François Robert Velter (February 9, 1909 – April 27, 1991), better known by his pen-name Rob-Vel, was a French cartoonist, noted for creating the character Spirou in 1938 for the launch of the Belgian magazine of the same name. ... 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. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Spirou was originally an elevator (lift) operator (in French: un groom) for the Moustique Hotel, and remains dressed with his red uniform to this day, although there has been no mention of his occupation for many years. Spirou has a pet squirrel called Spip, and spirou means "squirrel" (lit.) and "mischievous" (fig.) in Walloon. The term Walloon may refer to either the Walloon language, or to the ethnic people of the same name. ...

Unlike most characters from European comics, Spirou belongs to the publisher (Dupuis editions, who bought the character from Rob-Vel in 1943) and not to any specific author. It was therefore subsequently passed to several different artists, starting with Joseph Gillain (Jijé) in 1943. In 1944 Jijé introduced a new character known as Fantasio, Spirou's best friend and co-adventurer. Dupuis is a Belgian editor of comic books and magazines. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Jijé (January 13, 1914 - June 19, 1980) was a Belgian comics artist. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Young Spirou on the cover of Spanish magazine Yo y Yo Spirou is: Spirou magazine, a Belgian childrens comic magazine; one of its serial comic strips, Spirou et Fantasio (Spirou and Fantasio), which is also published in hardcover format Spirou, the eponymous character of the comic strip. ...

Franquin's Spirou

Spirou et les hommes-bulles, 1959, by Franquin

Jijé handed the series to the young André Franquin in 1946, in the middle of Spirou et la maison préfabriquée. Franquin developed the strip, from single gags and short serials, into long adventures with complex plots, and is usually considered as the definitive author of the strip. He introduced a plethora of recurring characters, notably the count scientist and inventor, Champignac, the buffoonish mad scientist Zorglub, the cousin of Fantasio and wannabe dictator Zantafio, and the journalist Seccotine, one of the rare instances of a female character in Belgian comics of this period. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x712, 77 KB) Summary Cover of Spirou et les hommes-bulles, an album of Spirou. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x712, 77 KB) Summary Cover of Spirou et les hommes-bulles, an album of Spirou. ... André Franquin inspects his equipment André Franquin (January 3, 1924 – January 5, 1997) was an influential Belgian cartoonist, whose best known comic strip creations are Gaston and the Marsupilami. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Count of Champignac is a fictional character in the Spirou comic books. ... Caucasian, male, aging, crooked teeth, messy hair, lab coat, spectacles/goggles, dramatic posing — one popular stereotype of a mad scientist. ... Zorglub is a fictional character in the Belgian comic strip Spirou et Fantasio. ... Zantafio is a recurring antagonist in the Spirou comic strip. ... Seccotine is a recurring character from the Spirou et Fantasio comics, and the first major female character in the series. ...

One Franquin creation that went on to develop a life of its own was the Marsupilami, a fictional monkey-like creature with a tremendously long prehensile tail. The Marsupilami appears in the majority of the Franquin stories, starting in 1952 with Spirou et les héritiers. In the series, it is adopted by the duo and follows them everywhere they go. The Marsupilami (actually its wild cousins) even takes centre stage briefly in 1957's Le nid des marsupilamis which is a fake nature documentary featuring a family in their natural habitat, the fictitious South American state of Palombia. Marsupilami is a fictional comic book animal created by André Franquin in 1952. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Palombia is a fictitious South American country from the Spirou and Marsupilami stories. ...

Starting with Le prisonnier du Bouddha (1959), Franquin begins to work with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds). As he would do in some of his later series (such as Bruno Brazil or Bernard Prince), Greg sets his stories into a realistic geopolitical context. The aforementioned Le prisonnier du Bouddha is set in mainland China, with veiled references made to the Cold War. As for QRN sur Bretzelburg, it takes place in two imaginary European countries which bring to mind pre-reunification Germany. Lastly, it is with Greg that Franquin created famed villain Zorglub in the diptych of Z comme Zorglub and L'ombre du Z. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michel Regnier, (May 5, 1931 - October 29, 1999) was a Belgian comic-book writer and artist, best-known by his pseudonym, Greg. ... Bernard Prince and his companions are sailor-adventurers created by Belgian cartoonists Greg and Hermann for the comics magazine Tintin in 1966. ... The Cold War was the period of protracted conflict and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies from the late 1940s until the late 1980s. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR, in English commonly called East Germany) were incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, in... Ivory consular diptych of Areobindus, Byzantium, 506 AD, Louvre museum A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. ...

However, as Franquin grew tired of Spirou, his other major character Gaston began to take precedence in his work, and following the controversial Panade à Champignac, the series passed on to a then unknown young cartoonist and Spirou fan, Jean-Claude Fournier, in 1969. One side effect of this is that the Marsupilami would only appear in one last story, Le faiseur d'or. This is because Franquin decided to retain the rights to that character; all the other characters remained the property of the publisher. Starting with Du glucose pour Noémie, there would be no more appearances or even mentions of the Marsupilami in Spirou. Only in the late 1980s did the Marsupilami reappear in its own series, and later television cartoons. 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. ... Jean-Claude Fournier (born May 21, 1943, Paris), known simply as Fournier, is a French cartoonist best known for being in charge of creating Spirou albums in the years 1969-1980. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ...

A long transition

Tora Torapa, 1973, by Fournier

Fournier authored nine books in the series, which saw Spirou evolve into a more modern character. Where Franquin's stories tended to be politically neutral (his later works, notably Idées noires, would show his more militant side), Fournier's stint on Spirou addressed such hot topics (for the 1970s) as nuclear energy (L'Ankou), drug-funded dictatorships (Kodo le tyran) or Duvalier-style repression (Tora Torapa, which saw the first post-Franquin appearance of both Zorglub and Zantafio). Although Fournier introduced some new characters (such as Ororéa, Itoh Kata, as well as an occult criminal organisation known as The Triangle), none have been reused by later artists. Itoh Kata was reused in the latest Spirou album "Spirou et Fantasio à Tokyo". Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (491x630, 63 KB)fournier This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s) which produced... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (491x630, 63 KB)fournier This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s) which produced... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nuclear reaction. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

However, at the end of the 1970s Fournier's pace began to slow down and the publisher, Dupuis, sought new authors to replace him. For a time, three separate teams worked on concurrent stories. Nic Broca (art) and Raoul Cauvin (writing) took on Fournier's lead without adding much to the characters. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Raoul Cauvin (Antoing, Belgium, September 26th, 1938 - ) is a Belgian comics author. ...

Les faiseurs de silence, 1984, by Nic & Cauvin

Their primary addition to the Spirou universe, namely the "Black box", a device which annihilates sound, is in fact an acknowledged rehash from an early Sophie story by Jidéhem (La bulle du silence). Strangely, the authors were not allowed by the publisher to use any of the side characters and because of this, the duo's three stories read somewhat like a parenthesis in the series. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x689, 98 KB) Cover of Spirou et Fantasios album Les faiseurs de silence, by Nic Broca (art) and Raoul Cauvin. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x689, 98 KB) Cover of Spirou et Fantasios album Les faiseurs de silence, by Nic Broca (art) and Raoul Cauvin. ...

Yves Chaland's case

Yves Chaland, however, proposed a far more radical make-over, and his (very short) stint on Spirou (Coeurs d'acier, 1982) is an ironic re-staging of the strip as it was in the 1940s. This homage to Jijé and early Franquin was seen at the time as too sophisticated for the mainstream readership. Yves Chaland (born April 3, 1957 in Lyon, France; died July 18, 1990 (car crash) was a French cartoonist. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Irony is a literary or rhetorical device in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says, and what is generally understood (either at the time, or in the later context of history). ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ...

Yves Chaland designed and drawn an interrupted story, which was prepublished in "Le Journal de Spirou", n°2297 to n°2318, in two-colour. This unfinished story was first collected in an unofficial album in 1984, "À la recherche de Bocongo", and then, legally, under the name of "Cœurs d'acier" (Champaka editor, 1990). This last edition proposes the original BDs, and a text from Yann Le Pennetier, illustrated by Chaland, for finishing the interrupted story. Yves Chaland (born April 3, 1957 in Lyon, France; died July 18, 1990 (car crash) was a French cartoonist. ... Yves Chaland (born April 3, 1957 in Lyon, France; died July 18, 1990 (car crash) was a French cartoonist. ...

This episode was included in "L'intégrale Chaland" (Humanoïdes Associés, 1997 - ISBN 2-7316-1243-6), and at last joined to the rest of Spirou's adventures in the Special Edition n°4 (Dupuis ed.).

Spirou in contemporary times - Tome & Janry

Vito la Déveine by Tome & Janry

But it was the team of Philippe Tome (writing) and Janry (art) which was to find lasting success with Spirou, both in terms of sales and critical appeal. Graphically, the authors' work was seen as a modern homage to Franquin's classic work, while their plots involved such modern topics as biotech (Virus), robotics (Qui arrêtera Cyanure?) and even time travel (The diptych of L'horloger de la comète and Le réveil du Z, the latter featuring a future reincarnation of Zorglub). Their position as the official Spirou authors made them the flagship team to a whole new school of young, likeminded artists, such as Didier Conrad, Bernard Hislaire or Frank Le Gall, who had illustrious careers of their own. For a time, Spirou also acted as a side character in Frank Pé's short-lived absurd humor strip L'Élan. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x699, 55 KB) Cover of Spirou et Fantasios album Vito la Déveine, by Philippe Tome (writing) and Janry (art). ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x699, 55 KB) Cover of Spirou et Fantasios album Vito la Déveine, by Philippe Tome (writing) and Janry (art). ... Philippe Vandevelde, working under the pseudonym Tome or Philippe Tome (born February 24, 1957 in Brussels), is a comic strip script writer. ... Jean-Richard Geurts, perhaps better known under his pseudonym Janry (born October 2, 1957 in Jadotville, currently Likasi, Zaire), is a comic strip artist. ... Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... Bernard Hislaire (born in 1957 in Belgium) is a Belgian comic book writer. ...

With La jeunesse de Spirou (1987), Tome and Janry set to imagine Spirou's youth. This was later developed into a spin-off series, Le Petit Spirou ("Young Spirou"), which details the antics of the character as an elementary school boy. A lot of the gags center around the character's interest in the opposite sex. It is generally acknowledged, however, that the Le Petit Spirou doesn't have very much in common, psychologically speaking, with the old one. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

A new villain, the unlucky Mafia boss Vito "Lucky" Cortizone, based on the character Vito Corleone from the The Godfather movies, was introduced in Spirou à New-York, while Spirou à Moscou (1990) sees Spirou and Fantasio pay their first visit to the USSR just as it was about to collapse in the real world (the country was dissolved in 1991). This article is about the film based on the Mario Puzo novel. ... This article is about the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In Machine qui rêve (1998), Tome and Janry tried to once again renew the series with a more mature storyline (wounded hero, love relationships, etc.), coupled with a more realistic graphic style. This sudden shift into a darker tone, although its seeds were apparent in previous Spirou albums and in other series by the same authors (Soda, Berceuse assassine), shocked many readers. While many considered the change in tone to be courageous and laudable, there was some concern that Spirou lost much of its point when presented as a "realistic" character. At any rate, the controversy caused Tome & Janry to concentrate on Le Petit Spirou. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Soda the comic strip is a series by Philippe Tome (writing) and Bruno Gazzotti (art). ...

Spirou today

Paris-sous-Seine, 2004, by Morvan & Munuera

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Morvan & Munuera

Then, after a 6 years break, which only saw the publication of L'accélérateur atomique, a Spirou spoof by Lewis Trondheim not included in the official series (but which received Dupuis' approval), the series went back to a more classical storytelling mode with seasoned cartoonists Jean-David Morvan (writing) and José-Luis Munuera (art). The latter kept close to the spirit of Franquin's graphical style, while bringing its own touch of manga-inspired modernism. Morvan and Munuera's Spirou is partly remarkable in that it uses background elements from the whole history of the character, and not just from Franquin's period. Lewis Trondheim (born December 11, 1964; real name: Laurent Chabosy) is a prolific French cartoonist and one of the founders of the publisher LAssociation. ... Jean-David Morvan is a French comics author. ... 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. ... 2nd English edition of InuYasha Vol. ...

The duo's latest album, Spirou et Fantasio à Tokyo was released 20th September 2006. Spirou and Fantasio uncover the story of two children with telekinetic powers (similarly to the manga Akira) that are forced to construct an edo and meiji period theme park. Dupuis has also released as Spirou et Fantasio, le 49Z a manga story by Hiroyuki Oshima after an idea by Morvan. This story tells Spirou's adolescence as a groom in a 5 star Tokyo hotel. ^[1] 2nd English edition of InuYasha Vol. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ...

Une aventure de Spirou et Fantasio par...

It is often said that it is the secret dream of many Belgian and French cartoonists to draw their own Spirou. Perhaps Dupuis had this in mind when, in 2006, they launched a second series of one-off volumes by various authors, under the name Une aventure de Spirou et Fantasio par... ("A Spirou and Fantasio adventure by..."). This is a collection of special albums that will appear in parallel with the regular series, without interfering with it. Each album will be a one-shot with different authors and will offer a new viewpoint on the series. 2006 (MMVI), a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The first volume, Les géants pétrifiés by Fabien Vehlmann and Yoann ^[2], had a modern storyline and art, not dissimilar in spirit to Movan and Munuera's work. The upcoming Le tombeau des Champignac volume, by Yann and Fabrice Tarrin, is expected to be a slightly modernized homage to Franquin's classic period. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Characters

Main and recurring characters of Spirou et Fantasio's adventures.

• Spirou - The main character. An investigative reporter with a strong sense of justice.
• Fantasio - Spirou's best friend and co-adventurer, a graphic reporter with an uncontrolled imagination.
• Spip - Spirou's grouchy pet squirrel.
• Count of Champignac - Spirou and Fantasio's eccentric scientist friend.
• Seccotine - Their fellow reporter.
• Itoh Kata - A Japanese scientist and magician.
• Marsupilami - A very special animal that they adopted for a while.

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Villains

• Zorglub - A mad scientist. An old colleague of the Count of Champignac with designs on world domination.
• Zantafio - Fantasio's evil cousin.
• John Helena, alias "Murène" (moray)
• Vito "Lucky" Cortizone - New York's mafia boss. He has a dangerous daughter called Luna.

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Albums

This list includes French titles, their English translation, and the first year of publication

Regular series

André Franquin

• 1. Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio (Four Adventures of Spirou and Fantasio), featuring:
  • Spirou et les plans du robot (Spirou and the Robot's Plans), 1948
  • Spirou sur le ring (Spirou in the Ring), 1948
  • Spirou fait du cheval (Spirou rides a horse), 1949
  • Spirou chez les Pygmées (Spirou meets the Pygmees), 1949
• 2. Il y a un sorcier à Champignac (There is a Sorcerer in Champignac), 1951, written by Henri Gillain. First appearance of the Mayor and the Count of Champignac.
• 3. Les chapeaux noirs (The Black Hats), 1952; followed by:
  • Comme une mouche au plafond (Like a Fly on the Ceiling) by Jijé.
  • Spirou et les hommes-grenouilles (Spirou and the Frogmen) by Jijé.
  • Mystère à la frontière (Mystery at the Frontier)
• 4. Spirou et les héritiers (Spirou and the Heirs), 1952. First appearance of Zantafio and the Marsupilami.
• 5. Les voleurs du Marsupilami (The Marsupilami Robbers), 1952; after an idea by Jo Almo. This story begins when Spirou et les héritiers ends.
• 6. La corne de rhinocéros (The Rhinoceros Horn), 1953. First appearance of Seccotine and Turbot-Rhino I.
• 7. Le dictateur et le champignon (The Dictator and the Mushroom), 1953; after an idea by Maurice Rosy.
• 8. La mauvaise tête (The Wrong Head), 1954
• 9. Le repaire de la murène (The Murena's Hideout), 1955. First appearance of John Helena, alias "The Murena".
• 10. Les pirates du silence (Pirates of Silence), 1956; with Maurice Rosy (writing) and Will (backgrounds).
  • followed by La Quick Super, 1956
• 11. Le gorille a bonne mine (Gorilla's in Good Shape), 1956
  • followed by Vacances sans histoires (Uneventful Holidays). First appearance of Gaston Lagaffe.
• 12. Le nid des Marsupilamis (The Marsupilamis' Nest), 1957
  • followed by La foire aux gangsters (Gangsters at the Fair)
• 13. Le voyageur du Mésozoïque (The Traveller from the Mesozoic, 1957)
  • followed by La peur au bout du fil (Fear at the End of the Line, 1959; with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds).
• 14. Le prisonnier du Bouddha (The prisoner of the Buddha, 1959; with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds).
• 15. Z comme Zorglub (Z is for Zorglub, 1960; with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds). First appearance of Zorglub.
• 16. L'ombre du Z (The Shadow of Z, 1960; with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds). Concludes a diptych.
• 17. Spirou et les hommes-bulles (Spirou and the Bubble Men, 1959)
  • followed by Les petits formats (The Small Formats), 1960; both with Jean Roba (art). These stories, along with Tembo Tabou, first appeared in a newspaper, Le Parisien Libéré.
• 18. QRN sur Bretzelburg (Q.R.N. over Bretzelburg), 1963; with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds)). A longer version was published in 1987 in a limited printing.
• 19. Panade à Champignac (Babysitting in Champignac), 1968; with Peyo and Gos (writing).
  • followed by Bravo les Brothers (Hurray for the Brothers), 1967; with Jidéhem (backgrounds).
• 24. Tembo Tabou, 1958, with Roba (art); followed by short stories

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Jean-Claude Fournier

• 20. Le faiseur d'or (The gold maker, 1970). Last appareance of the Marsupilami.
• 21. Du glucose pour Noémie (Glucose for Noémie, 1971)
• 22. L'abbaye truquée (The Disguised Abbey, 1972)
• 23. Tora Torapa (1973)
• 25. Le gri-gri du Niokolo-Koba (The gris-gris of Niokolo-Koba, 1974)
• 26. Du cidre pour les étoiles (Cider for the Stars, 1977)
• 27. L'Ankou (The Ankou, 1978)
• 28. Kodo le tyran (Kodo the Tyrant, 1979)
• 29. Des haricots partout (Beans Everywhere, 1980). Concludes a diptych.

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Nic & Cauvin

• 30. La ceinture du grand froid (The great cold ring, 1983)
• 31. La boîte noire (The Black Box, 1983)
• 32. Les faiseurs du silence (The silence makers, 1984)

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Tome & Janry

• 33. Virus (1984)
• 34. Aventure en Australie (Adventure in Australia, 1985)
• 35. Qui arrêtera Cyanure? (Who Shall Stop Cyanide?, 1985)
• 36. L'horloger de la comète (The Comet's Watchmaker, 1986)
• 37. Le réveil du Z (Awakening of the Z, 1986). Concludes a diptych.
• 38. La jeunesse de Spirou (Spirou's Youth, 1987)
• 39. Spirou à New-York (Spirou in New York, 1987). First appareance of Don Vito "Lucky" Cortizone.
• 40. La frousse aux trousses (Fear on the tail, 1988)
• 41. La vallée des bannis (Valley of the Banished, 1989). Concludes a diptych.
• 42. Spirou à Moscou (Spirou in Moscow, 1990)
• 43. Vito la Déveine (Bad Luck Vito, 1991)
• 44. Le rayon noir (The Black Ray, 1993)
• 45. Luna fatale (1995)
• 46. Machine qui rêve (Dreaming machine, 1998)

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Jean-David Morvan & José-Luis Munuera

• 47. Paris-sous-Seine (Paris-under-Seine, 2004)
• 48. L'homme qui ne voulait pas mourir (The Man Who Didn't Want To Die, 2005)
• 49. Spirou et Fantasio à Tokyo (Spirou and Fantasio in Tokyo, released on September 20, 2006)
• 49Z. Spirou et Fantasio, le 49Z ^[3]. Short Spirou manga by Hiroyuki Oshima.^[1]

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Special issues ("hors-séries")

Fantasio et le Fantôme

• 1. L'héritage (The inheritance). Featuring:
  • Fantasio et son Tank (Fantasio and his tank, 1946, Franquin)
  • L'Héritage (1946, Franquin)
• 2. Radar le robot (Radar the robot). Featuring:
  • La maison préfabriquée (The prefabricated house, 1946, Jijé & Franquin)
  • Radar le robot (1947, Franquin)
  • Le Homard (The lobster, 1957, Franquin)
• 3. La voix sans maître et 5 autres aventures (The voice without owner and 5 other adventures). Featuring stories by:
  • Rob-Vel: La naissance de Spirou (Spirou's birth, 1938); Spirou et la puce (Spirou and the flea, 1943)
  • Franquin: Fantasio et le siphon (Fantasio and the siphon, 1957)
  • Nic: Le fantacoptère solaire (The solar fantacopter, 1980)
  • Tome & Janry: La voix sans maître (1981); La menace (The menace, 1982); La Tirelire est là (The money box is there, 1984); Une semaine de Spirou et Fantasio (A week of Spirou and Fantasio, 2001)
• 4. Fantasio et le fantôme et 4 autres aventures (Fantasio and the ghost and other 4 adventures). Featuring stories by:
  • Jijé: Fantasio et le fantôme (1946)
  • Franquin: La Zorglumobile (The Zorgumovil, 1976); Noël dans la brousse (Christmas in the bush, 1949); Fantasio et les pantins téléguidés (Fantasio and the remote-controlled skates, 1957)
  • Yves Chaland: Cœurs d'acier (Steel Hearts, 1982)
  • Fournier: Vacances à Brocéliande (Holidays at Broceliland, 1973; Joyeuses Pâques, Papa! (Happy Easter, dad!, 1971)

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One-shots: Une aventure de Spirou et Fantasio par...

• 1. Les géants pétrifiés (The Petrified Giants, 2006, by Fabien Vehlmann (story) and Yoann (art)) ^[2]
• 2. Upcoming: Le tombeau des Champignac (The Tomb of the Champignacs, 2006, by Yann (story) and Fabrice Tarrin (art))
• 3. Upcoming: Les marais du temps (The Marshlands of Time, 2007, by Frank Le Gall)

Memorabilia

On February 26, 2006 the French Post issued a set of 3 Spirou et Fantasio stamps, featuring art by José-Luis Munuera. To commemorate the occasion, the Musée de la Poste de Paris (Paris Mail Museum) organized an exposition from February 27 to October 7 2006 with two halls, one showing original plates and the other more recreational, with television, games, etc.^[4] La Poste is the mail service of France, which also operates postal services in the French Overseas Departments of Réunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana, and the territorial collectivities of Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Mayotte. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Spirou et Fantasio - Inédits: En manga
2. ^ ^{a b} One-Shots - Les Géants Pétrifiés
3. ^ Spirou et Fantasio à Tokyo
4. ^ Spirou et la poste française

See also

• Belgian comics
• Franco-Belgian comics

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External links

• (French) Official site
• History with pictures