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Groomsday is coming
by Tomorrow, 7. January, sees the release of the first issue of the magazine Groom (“Bellhop”). Since the initial reports, a lot more information has come …
Fanart Friday: Bédéthon by Duprat
Poster design by François Duprat for the Bédéthon 59, a comics festival held in Lomme on 5. December to raise money for muscular dystrophy research. …
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 …
Fanart Friday: Follet’s Christmas
This drawing by René Follet, a veteran of the industry and of the magazine (his first published contribution was in 1949!), was published in the …
Jidéhem 80 years
Today, 21. December, is the eightieth birthday of Jean De Mesmaeker, known as Jidéhem (from the initials JDM). To Spirou readers he is best known …
Scanlation Sunday: Snow for Christmas
As this year’s Christmas scanlation, here’s a story from 2006 by Morvan & Munuera (with Yann): Noël sans neige (lit. “Christmas Without Snow”, but here …
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Fanart Friday: Marsu gone bad
With La Colère du Marsupilami (Spirou & Fantasio #55, “Wrath of the Marsupilami”) underway, maybe it’s a good time to post this fancomic (from Facebook): …
Scanlation Sunday: Exquisite Corpse 40
This installment was drawn by Guilhem and written by Jean-Louis Janssens, with colors by Césano. The three normally do a fantasy series called Zarla for …
Time for a Grooming?
In the special Christmas issue of the Journal de Spirou (#4051-4052), there’s a full-page ad that promises “Soon: A new magazine in the Spirou universe” …