There Are Smurfs in Champignac… and Palombia
by As hinted in a previous update, this week’s issue of the Journal de Spirou is a Smurf special, timed to coincide with the publication of …
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Smurfin’ all over the world!
I came across this rather cryptic drawing on another blog. Apparently by Olivier Schwartz (although the style is a bit different than his usual, and …
Scanlation Sunday: The Greatest Bellhop in the World
Rather than a Spirou story, this week’s scanlation is the story of Spirou. Drawn by Yves Chaland after a script by Yann, it’s a slightly …
Kim Thompson RIP
Editor, translator, publisher and critic Kim Thompson passed away on the morning of 19. June, according to a statement released by Fantagraphics. He was 56, …
Fanart Friday: Mara
This was one of the sketch dedications I got at the Spirou Tour in Lausanne last weekend, by Mara: That’s Emily, the main character of …
Scanlation Celebration: Fournier
In honor of Fournier, who turned 70 earlier this week, here’s a special scanlation from the Galerie des illustres. Emmanuel Lepage tells the story of …
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If you’re an aspiring comic creator with a drawer full of unpublished work, you might be interested to learn that Spirou.Z, the upcoming digital comic/tablet …
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 …
Franquin’s Last Laugh delayed
About a year ago, Fantagraphics announced that they would publish Franquin’s Last Laugh, a translation of Franquin’s classic Idées Noires. Much darker (both in tone …