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 …
Tag: journal de spirou
Scanlation Sample: The Case of the Missing Penguin
A few weeks ago, the Journal de Spirou did a special concept issue (#4127) devoted almost entirely to Pascal Jousselin’s Spirou et l’affaire du pingouin, …
Publications Update: May 2017
Borneo comes to Norway, a new one-shot by David Etien, the Zorglub-universe expands further, Spain gets a whole bunch of Spirou publications, and more!
Publications Update: Q4 2016 – Q1 2017
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 …
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. …
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 …
Publications Update: September 2016
There were a few updates on the publications front last month as well. Stories by Frank and by Al, Munuera clarifies a question of genealogy, …
Scanlation Sunday: The Littlest Spirou
Every summer the Journal de Spirou runs a reader contest, with strips of different comics that each offer a clue on some particular theme. This …
Illustration / News / Sample
The light from Borneo shines
This week the special 100-page summer issue of the Journal de Spirou (#4082–4083) is out, featuring the first installment of La Lumière de Bornéo (“The …