Anniversary / News / Reblog / Sample
Spirou is 80!
by On this day 80 years ago, 21. April 1938 (a Thursday), the first issue of the Journal de Spirou came out, featuring the first appearance …
Category: Anniversary
Anniversary / Classic / Illustration / Sample
Gaston 60
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 …
Scanlation Sunday: The Old Country Lane
Frank Pé’s one-shot La Lumière de Bornéo (“The Light from Borneo”) has just come out, so it seemed like the right time to feature his …
Scanlation Sunday: Radar of Nantes
From 2013, a story set during the 75th anniversary “Spirou Tour” through Belgium, France and Switzerland. One of the last stops was Nantes, home base …
Anniversary / Illustration / News / Sample
Quadruple-millennium bug strikes Spirou
Today the 4000th issue of the Journal de Spirou is for sale. Quite an anniversary! It must be said that the official numbering is a …
Scanlation Sunday: The Account of Chompignac
To (belatedly) mark Fabrice Tarrin’s birthday this Sunday, here’s his short story for the 2013 anniversary issue, La Conte de Champignap, or “The Account of …
Scanlation Sunday: The Better Player
Dany and Yann’s “The Better Player” (originally Jokarira bien qui jokarira le dernier, untranslatable wordplay on the game Jokari and having the last laugh) comes …
Scanlation Sunday: The First Fantasio
When Spirou turned 75th, he got a whole anniversary Year of Spirou in his honor. Today (ahem!) is the 75th anniversary of the first appearance …
Fanart Friday: Google’s Gaston
Today is the 57th anniversary of Gaston’s first appearance (which I guess is meaningful because that was in 1957), and a certain web company has …
Scanlation Sunday: Spirou at your service!
Two scanlations in one day? Inconceivable! Actually, the Jijé story posted earlier today was really supposed to be for a week ago, but it got …