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Below are the 6 most recent journal entries recorded in the "Daily Scans" journal:
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12:54 pm
[parusmajor]
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André Franquin: QRN sur Bretzelburg
I'm one of those European comic fans who only relatively recently started to get into the American comic world, mostly thanks to s_d.
I've been discussing comics with some of my online friends, and I've scanlated for them bits and pieces from a few European comics. I always planned to some day post that stuff in scans_daily, too. So here you go :)
11 pages + cover there, while the full comic is about 60 pages.
I've got scanlations of some other European stuff (Gaston Lagaffe, Lena Furberg comics, Cocco Bill, Benoit Sokal's Canardo) and I've been thinking of posting them some day too.
(Oh and the old s_d had a "bande dessinée" tag. Now there seems to be "medium: manga" and "genre: manga" in the tags, but no tag for BD. If a BD tag is added, should it be called genre or medium?)
Tags: char: fantasio, char: marsupilami, char: spirou, creator: franquin, publisher: dupuis
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03:45 pm
[houbanaut]
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Spirou: A Head for Crime
In honor of the ongoing Tour de France, here's a taste of a classic Spirou & Fantasio story newly available in English, A Head for Crime by André Franquin (La Mauvaise Tête, 1956, 54pp).
Tags: char: fantasio, char: spirou, creator: franquin, publisher: dupuis, publisher: eurobooks
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01:03 pm
[houbanaut]
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Spirou: Z is for Zorglub
Since nezchan has been posting great selections from some of the newer Spirou stories in French, I thought people might like to see one of the real classics in English translation.
Z is for Zorglub ("Z comme Zorglub", 1959-60, 61pp) is one of the most popular stories by André Franquin, a man who is to Spirou what Carl Barks is to Donald Duck, or Stan Lee to the Marvel universe.
Current Mood: sick
Tags: char: fantasio, char: marsupilami, char: spirou, char: zorglub, creator: franquin, publisher: dupuis, publisher: fantasy flight
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12:43 pm
[nezchan]
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Spirou: Machine Qui Reve
Machine Qui Reve is a bit of an odd book in the Spirou series, and certainly the most controversial. Not so much because of its subject matter, but becaus it was so dramatically different from the other books in the series, even the ones by the same artistic team. From what I can gather, Tome & Janry wanted to modernize the classic character, and bet the farm on this book. As sales ended up not being great, it was a failed gamble in a way, but it did get a lot of people thinking about what the essence of Spirou really was.
The story does certainly have faults. The art and tone are quite bleak, and a bit jarring when compared to what had gone before. As well, the story is a bit short to do more than a casual treatment of the underlying issues of bioethics and identity. For all of it though, the book remains one of my favourites.
( sweet dreams really aren't made of this at all )
Current Mood: cheerful
Tags: char: spirou, creator: janry, creator: philippe tome, publisher: dupuis
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10:31 am
[nezchan]
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Spirou: The Valley of the Banned
I got a bit of encouragement in my last Spirou post to do some more, so I thought I'd start with one of my favourites of the Tome & Janry era, La Vallee Des Banees.
( lost in the valley )
Current Mood: cheerful
Tags: char: fantasio, char: spirou, creator: janry, creator: philippe tome, publisher: dupuis
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12:19 pm
[nezchan]
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One Perfect Moment: Spirou & Fantasio
My first post here, although I've been following the community on and off for quite a while. But I couldn't let One Perfect Moment pass by without one of my very favorite teams, Spirou and Fantasio.
A lot of folks in North America have never heard of this series, even though it's been running since the 1930's over in France, and it's a total shame. European comics are fantastic, but hardly anyone scanlates them (does anyone, come to that?) because everyone and their little dog Toto is busy scanning manga to deal with a bit of French. Anyhow, the action is clear enough to know what's going on, so it's still easy enough for us anglophones to follow.
In any case, by way of setup, Spirou is an adventurer/reporter (and former bellhop, who retains elements of his original uniform) who lives with his best friend (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) Fantasio, who's similarly an adventurer/reporter. Spirou tends toward the strong sense of justice and heroism, and is also a well-trained fighter in his own right. Fantasio, by contrast, is much wackier and fun-loving, and is able to pull off rather impressive feats under duress, such as crossing a river by using crocodiles as stepping-stones, and so forth. The third member of the team is Spip, Spirou's pet squirrel, who has rather cynical thought bubbles and seems aware of the narrator, although he gets on well with our two heroes (who I'm convinced are way more than "just friends").
( robots on ice! )
Current Mood: artistic
Tags: char: fantasio, char: spirou, creator: jean-david morvan, creator: josé-luis munuera, publisher: dupuis, series: one perfect moment week
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