Anniversary / News / Reblog
Spirou anniversary stories in German
by As previously reported, the 75th anniversary issue of the Journal de Spirou included a whole bunch of short Spirou stories by various authors and artists. …
Category: News
Spirou Tour Lausanne
The Spirou Tour is a series of events throughout Belgium, France and Switzerland, organized by the Journal de Spirou during the year in order to …
Chaland’s Spirou to run 128 pages
One of the most intriguing Spirou publications announced for the 75th anniversary was Le Spirou de Chaland, collecting Yves Chaland’s work on the series. Since …
Valley of the Exiles now on Main Street
Cinebook’s fourth Spirou album (#41 in the original album order) is now available from the publisher, and should be in bookstores both on- and off-line …
Anniversary / Fandom / Illustration / News
Fanart Friday: Roch’fort en Bulles
Poster for a comics festival in Rochefort. This year’s guest of honor is Spirou (whatever that means); other guests include Tarrin, Feroumont and Bertrand Pissavy-Yvernault …
Calling All Comic Artists!
If you’re an aspiring comic creator with a drawer full of unpublished work, you might be interested to learn that Spirou.Z, the upcoming digital comic/tablet …
Fournier 70 years
Today is Jean-Claude Fournier’s 70th birthday. In 1968, the young Fournier was given an apparent dream job when he was chosen to succeed Franquin as …
Gringos Locos in Danish
Cobolt has just released the Danish edition of Gringos Locos by Schwartz & Yann. The album tells the story of how in 1948 Jean Gillain …
Spirou #54 update
This doesn’t strictly qualify as news, but over the last few months Yoann & Vehlmann have let slip some information about their next, as-yet-untitled album, …
Anniversary / News / Reblog
Brussels Sprouts Spirou Exhibition
Among this year’s many Spirou exhibitions, it’s perhaps worth mentioning the one at the Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels, “Spirou passed from hand to …