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Gaston 60
by Yesterday it was 60 years since Gaston Lagaffe walked into the door of the offices of the Journal de Spirou (or to put it another …
Category: Classic
Scanlation Sunday: Back to work, Franquin!
The week before the magazine serialization of a new Spirou & Fantasio adventure in the Journal de Spirou, Franquin used to draw a little teaser. …
It Could Have Been Official: Tranchand & Corteggiani
Lots of people have worked on Spirou & Fantasio over the years, but many more have wanted to. During Nic & Cauvin’s troubled run in …
Scanlation Sunday: The 11th Commandment
The “Friends of Spirou” Code of Honor only has nine commandments. But the comic strips Jijé made from them were not just a means to …
Scanlation Sunday: The Spirou Code of Honor 9
The last point of the Friends of Spirou (Amis de Spirou, ADS) Code of Honor moves away from matters of general morality, and instead focuses …
It’s Official: Dickie and Birdbath Watch the Woggle
Sent to the Spirou Reporter Facebook page by Steve Bennett, a fantastic find: possibly the first English version of Spirou & Fantasio! Turns out that …
Scanlation Sunday: The Spirou Code of Honor 8
After the last point in the Friends of Spirou Code of Honor stirred up some slight controversy, here’s one that should be fairly innocuous. And …
Scanlation Sunday: Spirou 2000
In 1957, the Journal de Spirou reached issue #1000 (albeit having skipped some numbers during the war). The anniversary issue included several supplements, including a …
Scanlation Sunday: The Spirou Code of Honor 7
I can’t help but feel Georges is being a bit prissy here. And of course the moral is at least half hypocritical, as Jijé himself …
Scanlation Sunday: The Spirou Code of Honor 6
And here’s the accompanying text from the Robbedoes Almanak 1944, translated again by the ever-helpful Miriam (clearly living up to this point of the Code):