TabbyGarf
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This thread is about Belgo-French style comics (Bande Déssinées) (think of "Tintin", "John Blacksad", "XIII" or "Astérix and Obélix") we like, generally in hard-cover series or appearing sometimes in specific comics magazines (Tintin, or Spirou)
One series i used to read a lot was Gaston Lagaffe, a comic strip made by the Maison Dupuis company, known for their "Marcinelle-style" comics. It depicts the life of a lazy lad who puts all of his brain power into machines and inventions made to do the dirty work for him, these machines are often imperfect and cause problems (gaffes) in his office. He really likes animals and puts them in priority over his coworker's sanity
(Fan translation, no Gaston strip was ever released officially in English afaik)
A more well known series is the aforementioned Adventures of Tintin, a reporter with a taste for adventure having traveled to the Belgian Congo, China and other destinations. It sparked a lot of controversy due to Hergé's highly controversial takes on the Congolese, the Bolsheviks and the kikes.
(Mr Bohlwinkel, previously named Blumenstein)
People have seemed to forget Tintin's origin as a commissioned story for the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle's (The 20th Century) kids supplement. So of course Tintin always had a more conservative touch in its comics.
One series i used to read a lot was Gaston Lagaffe, a comic strip made by the Maison Dupuis company, known for their "Marcinelle-style" comics. It depicts the life of a lazy lad who puts all of his brain power into machines and inventions made to do the dirty work for him, these machines are often imperfect and cause problems (gaffes) in his office. He really likes animals and puts them in priority over his coworker's sanity
(Fan translation, no Gaston strip was ever released officially in English afaik)
A more well known series is the aforementioned Adventures of Tintin, a reporter with a taste for adventure having traveled to the Belgian Congo, China and other destinations. It sparked a lot of controversy due to Hergé's highly controversial takes on the Congolese, the Bolsheviks and the kikes.
(Mr Bohlwinkel, previously named Blumenstein)
People have seemed to forget Tintin's origin as a commissioned story for the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle's (The 20th Century) kids supplement. So of course Tintin always had a more conservative touch in its comics.
didnt know Gaston was big in Norway, thats interesting lol
