It’s Official: Spip, Couette & Calot
We’ve had some weird stuff before in the “It’s Official” series, but it doesn’t get much weirder than this. Spip, Couette & Calot is a …
Spirou News and Comics in English
We’ve had some weird stuff before in the “It’s Official” series, but it doesn’t get much weirder than this. Spip, Couette & Calot is a …
“Catch-up”, “rundown”… there’s a sports metaphor here somewhere! Spirou Reporter was more or less out of commission for the last month, and unfortunately missed everything …
Danish cover for Spirou #5, ‘Les voleurs du Marsupilami’ (1981). Image adapted from Comicwiki.dk Of all the Spirou covers created for Interpresse, this is in …
One of the most iconic aspects of The Adventures of Spirou & Fantasio is their car, the Turbotraction (or just Turbot). Like the Batmobile, it …
Probably no other publication has produced as many bizarre Spirou covers as Der heitere Fridolin, which first published Spirou & Fantasio in German from 1958 …
This last weekend, there was apparently a closing ceremony for the 2013 75th anniversary “Year of Spirou”, held in Charleroi, Belgium. Part of the event …
This one is an oddity: a cover that was redrawn twice, for no immediately discernible reason. Variant covers for ‘Næsehornets Hemmelighed’ (‘La corne de rhinocéros’) …
Fix und Foxi Extra #31 (1975). Image from The Grand Comics Database (restored). As mentioned last week, Spirou and Fantasio appeared in German first as …
Merry Christmas! Though they’re rather small, that’s definitely Spirou and Fantasio (and Spip) on this 1959 cover. Or is it?
مجلة سبيرو (‘Spiro Magazine’) #6, Franquin and various artists. Image from ArabComics.net. While this cover is based on Franquin’s 1960s–70s masthead illustration for the Journal …