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Spirou Spirou is: - a Belgian children's 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.
The series fits in with the European humorous adventure comics like Tintin and Asterix. History The comic strip was originally created by Rob-Vel for the launch of the magazine in 1938. The character Spirou was originally an elevator (lift) operator 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 had (and still has) a pet squirrel called Spip, and "spirou" means squirrel in Walloon. Unlike most characters from European comics, Spirou belongs to the editor (Dupuis editions) and not to the author. It was therefore subsequently passed to several different artists, including Jij in 1943. Jij introduced a new character known as Fantasio, Spirou's best friend and co-adventurer. He handed the series to the (then) young Andr Franquin in 1946. Franquin developed the strip, from single gags and short serials, to long adventures with complex plots. He introduced a plethora of recurring characters, notably the count scientist Champignac, the buffoonish arch-villain Zorglub, and the wannabe dictator Zantafio. 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. This has been spun off into its own series and television cartoons. Franquin's character Gaston taking more of his time, the series passed on to Fournier, then Nic & Cauvin, under whom it dwindled. In the mid-1980s it was taken up by Tome & Janry, who successfully rekindled it. A spin-off series, Le Petit Spirou (Young Spirou), was also started by Tome & Janry and details the antics of the character as an elementary school boy. In Machine qui rve (1998), Tome and Janry tried to revive the series with a much more mature storyline (wounded hero, love relationships, etc.), while imparting a more realistic graphic style. This climax of a darker theme, although already appearing in previous albums and in other series by the same authors (Soda), shocked many readers. After a 6 years break, the series went back to a more classical humorous adventure storyline with Morvan and Munuera. The latter kept close to the spirit of Franquin's graphical style, while bringing its own touch of modernism. Albums French titles, character names and publications dates. To be substitued by the English counterparts if available. Jij - 1. Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio (Spirou et les plans du robot (1948), Spirou sur le ring (1948), Spirou fait du cheval (1949) and Spirou chez les Pygmes (1949))
- 2. Il y a un sorcier Champignac (There's a sorcerer in Champignac)(1951) (drawing by Franquin; apparition of the mayor and of the count of Champignac)
Andr Franquin - 3. Les Chapeaux noirs (The Black Hats) (1952) followed by Comme une mouche au plafond, Spirou et les hommes-grenouilles and Mystre la frontire
- 4. Spirou et les hritiers (Spirou and the Heirs)(1952) (apparition of Zantafio and the marsupilami))
- 5. Les voleurs du Marsupilami (The Marsupilami stealers) (1952)
- 6. La corne de rhinocros (The Rhinoceros horn) (1953) (apparition of Seccotine)
- 7. Le dictateur et le champignon (The dictator and the mushroom) (1953)
- 8. La mauvaise tte (The wrong head) (1954)
- 9. Le repaire de la murne (1955)
- 10. Les pirates du silence (1956)
- 11. Le gorille a bonne mine (1956)
- 12. Le nid des marsupilamis (1957)
- 13. Le voyageur du msozoque (1957)
- 14. Le prisonnier du Bouddha (The prisoner of the Buddha) (1959)
- 15. Z comme Zorglub (Z as in Zorglub) (1960) (apparition of Zorglub)
- 16. L'ombre du Z (Shadow of the Z) (1960)
- 17. Spirou et les hommes-bulles (Spirou and the Bubble Men) (1961)
- 18. QRN sur Bretzelburg (Q.R.N. over Bretzelburg) (1963)
- 19. Panade Champignac (1968)
Jean-Claude Fournier - 20. Le faiseur d'or (The gold maker) (1970)
- 21. Du glucose pour Nomie (Glucose for Nomie) (1971)
- 22. L'abbaye truque (The fiddled abbey) (1972)
- 23. Tora Torapa (1973)
- 24. Tembo Tabou (1974)
- 25. Le gri-gri du Niokolo-Koba (1974)
- 26. Du cidre pour les toiles (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)
Nic & Cauvin - 30. La ceinture du grand froid (The great cold ring) (1983)
- 31. La bote noire (The black box) (1983)
- 32. Les faiseurs du silence (The silence makers) (1984)
Tome & Janry - 33. Virus (1984)
- 34. Aventure en Australie (Adventure in Australia) (1985)
- 35. Qui arrtera Cyanure? (Who shall stop Cyanide?) (1985)
- 36. L'horloger de la comte (The comet watchmaker) (1986)
- 37. Le rveil du Z (The awakening of the Z) (1986)
- 38. La jeunesse de Spirou (Spirou's youth) (1987)
- 39. Spirou New-York (Spirou in New York) (1987)
- 40. La frousse aux trousses (Fear on the tail) (1988)
- 41. La valle des bannis (Valley of the banished) (1989)
- 42. Spirou Moscou (Spirou in Moscow) (1990)
- 43. Vito la Dveine (Vito the Bad Luck) (1991)
- 44. Le rayon noir (The black ray) (1993)
- 45. Luna fatale (Fatal Luna) (1995)
- 46. Machine qui rve (Dreaming machine) (1998)
Jean-David Morvan et Jos-Luis Munuera - 47. Paris-sous-Seine (2004)
Hors-sries - L'hritage, including le Tank (Franquin), l'Hritage (Franquin, 1946)
- Radar le robot, including La maison prfabrique (Franquin & Joseph Gillain, 1946), Radar le robot (Franquin, 1947) and le Homard (Franquin, 1957)
- La voix sans matre et 5 autres aventures, with contributions by Rob-Vel (La naissance de Spirou 1938 ; Spirou et la puce 1943), by Franquin (Fantasio et le siphon 1957), de Nic (Le fantacoptre solaire 1980) and by Tome & Janry (La voix sans matre 1981, la Menace 1982, la Tirelire est l 1984, Une semaine de Spirou et Fantasio 2001)
- Fantasio et le fantme et 4 autres aventures, with contributions by Jij (Fantasio et le fantme 1946), by Franquin (la Zorglumobile 1976, Nol dans la brousse 1949, Fantasio et les pantins tlguids 1957), by Yves Chaland (Curs d'acier 1982 and by Fournier (Vacances Brocliande 1973, Joyeuses Pques, Papa ! 1971)
See also: Franco-Belgian comics External link - http://www.spirou.com - magazine site
- http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Cafe/2877/spirou/spirou.html history with pictures
- sample strip
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