spirou Archives

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on the graphic novel Spirou and the Blue Gorgon, or Spirou Et La Gorgone Bleue, by Dany and Yann How it was published this time last year in France/Belgium, but this week, 30,000 copies were pulled off shelves by publisher Dupuis after a TikTok explosion of objections over its racist depictions[...]

The graphic novel Spirou and the Blue Gorgon, or Spirou Et La Gorgone Bleue by Dany and Yann, a satirical tale of so-called "eco-terrorists", junk food and plastic rubbish was published in France/Belgium last autumn by Dupuis without fuss But has been pulled off shelves across France after online objections over its racist depictions of[...]

French comic anthology Spirou has announced its Christmas double-sized special, issue 3895. In which, amongst many Christmas stories give us Céline Fraipont and Pierre Bailly's tale of a woodland-dwelling Santa Claus  in battle with a depressed overweight Batman. Ho ho ho… French comic anthology Spirou has announced its Christmas double-sized special, issue 3895. In which, amongst many Christmas[...]

Getting an artistic reputation working with Jijé on Emmanuel, he then drew the Valhardi detective comic in seminal anthology comic Spirou from 1946 to 1954 with writers Jean-Michel Charlier and Yvan Delporte. He went on to create the series Marc Dacier with Charlier in 1958, and Luc Orient in 1966 with Greg, which was published in[...]