Publications Update: Q4 2016 – Q1 2017
by Sooo… It has been almost half a year since the last proper Publications Update, and increasingly dated “news” has been piling up like the urgent …
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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: 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. …
Publications Update: July 2016
A couple of updates on the one-shots by Bravo and Durieux, and Spirou Reporter looks further afield to publications in other languages.
Publications Update: June 2016
Finally an update! A new one-shot by Hanco Kolk, an anthology album and more on the Yoann & Vehlmann short-story album, drawbacks to a Swedish …
Scanlation Sunday: The Big Crossover
Journal de Spirou #4078 (8. June, 2016) is actually the four thousandth issue of the Journal (because when the magazine adopted continuing numbering instead of …
Publications Update: March 2016
A short Spirou story already available online, an upcoming artist’s edition of Fournier’s albums, Zoom continues to offer very different books for Danes and Norwegians, …
Publications Update: January–February 2016
Norwegian and French collected editions leave something to be desired, while Spain, Finland, Denmark and Germany keep on doing their thing… Update (27/02): And then …
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: 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 …