spirou Archives

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[...]