Month: August 2013
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Klaustoon Franquin-homage
A few weeks back, Spirou Reporter was contacted by Klaus, who among other things pointed to his blog of architecture-related comics. While many of the …
Heroic Youth of Fantasio Cancelled
Tarrin’s short episodes of The Heroic Youth of Fantasio were well-received when the spin-off series ran in 2011 and 2012 (1, 2, 3), and the …
Scanlation Sunday: Brouhaha
Once upon a time, “Spirou canon” was simple: All the stories and adventures took place in the same world, in the order they were published …
Spirou Tour: Bordeaux
This Saturday, 24. August, sees the Spirou Tour stop off in Bordeaux, and as usual there is a special issue of the Journal devoted to …
Fanart Friday: Gabrion
From the current issue of the Journal de Spirou (#3932), celebrating the Bordeaux region, comes this drawing by Gabrion of our friends surfing the tidal …
X75-16: Lécroart
And so the X75 series comes to an end (or a beginning?) with a strip by Étienne Lécroart, known among other things for his palindromic …
X75-15: Clarke
Clarke draws Mélusine, which I think is the only of the X75-artists’ regular series that is available in English. (The inks for this strip were …
Summer Catch-Up
Spirou Reporter is back from vacation, so here’s a quick update on news that has happened while we’ve been away (or had missed earlier on). …