Les Bandes Dessinées

By: Chloé (Vick)

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Rodolphe Topffer

• Born on May 20, 1847 in Geneva

• Was originally a school teacher but turned in to “the Father of Comics”

• First published Histoire de M. Vieux Bois

• Has had 7 comic series published

• Histoire de M. Vieux Bois was published in the United States as The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck, and was the first American Comic Book

• Series of French Comic Books written by René Goscinny

• Has been made in to 11 films• Theme park in Paris named

and centered after the comics: Parc Astérix

• First appeared in Pilote, a french magazine, October 29, 1959

– Today there have been 34 of the comics published

– Comics have been published on a yearly basis

• Created by Belgian, Maurice de Bevere (Morris)

• Created from 1946-2001• First featured in the

magazine, Spirou then Pilote

• René Goscinny also aided in creating Lucky Luke

• Has been translated in 23 languages

• Most Popular Comic Book in Canada

• First created in 1957 by Belgian, André Franquin

• Published by Spirou et Fantasio

• Originally published to fill in empty space until it became popular

• There is no English translation

• “Gaffe” actually means blunder- representing the clumsy main character

• Began on January 10, 1929• Has been translated in to

over 70 languages• Tintin’s creators name is

actually Georges Remi, but took on Hergé as his pen name

• Total over 230 million copies have been sold

• Was the building block for other comics such as ‘Blake and Mortimer’, ‘Alix’, ‘Ric Hochet’, and ‘Tintin et Milou’

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• Belgian Comic Series by Edgar P. Jacobs

• First appeared in Tintin in 1946• In 1997 there was a television

series modeled after the comics• Jacobs died in 1987, and since

then Bob de Moor has been finishing the story for him

• When Jacobs was writing, the stories were set at the time in which they were written– Once others took over they

set them only in the 1950’s

• Written by Belgian Roger Leloup

• Leloup first began drawing in 1968

• First published by Dupuis, then Spriou in 1970

• Contains 24 volumes• Has been translated from

French in to 13 different languages

• Series is based in Belgium; however, the characters constantly travel around

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Comparison

• Mostly written by Belgian Artists

• Most popular include Tintin, Astérix, and Blake et Mortimer

• Written mostly by British Artists

• Many recognize Batman, Superman, and Phantom

American French

• Have been translated in to many different languages

•Many made in to either a movie or a television series

Both

Bibliography

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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_and_Mortimer>."Comic Creator: Rodolphe T." Lambiek.Net Comics Art. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. <http://lambiek.net/artists/t/topffer.htm>.”

Lucky Luke -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Luke>.

"Tintin Comic Magazine." Lambiek.Net Comics Art. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. <http://lambiek.net/magazines/tintin.htm>.

Web. 11 Mar. 2010. <http://www.yokotsuno.be/>.