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André Franquin ( French: [fʁɑ̃kɛ̃]; 3 January 1924 – 5 January 1997) was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best-known creations are Gaston and Marsupilami. He also produced the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1946 to 1968, a period seen by many as the series' golden age.
Very occasionally, Franquin stepped over the mark, as in an uncharacteristically angry strip where Gaston uses a toy Messerschmitt plane to strafe the whole office in protest at their (real life) appearance in the magazine's modelling column (while building the model, he says: “… and now, the swastikas.
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Feb 17, 2017 · When an irate Spirou eventually tried to question him, a dialogue worthy of Samuel Beckett ensued. Why was Gaston in the office? Who had actually hired him? The character shrugged; he didn't know, couldn't recall and didn't care. Once in place, Gaston never left. Gaston La Gaffe, catalogue, Gaston, Bpi © Franquin/Dargaud-Lombard, 2016
FRANQUIN, GASTON LaGAFFE AND DIE LAUGHING. Biography, Book Reviews, and Some History. Mind the Goof! By Andre Franquin. 46 8.5x11-inch pages, color; 2017 Cinebook English translation of Gaston: Gare aux gaffes, paperback, $11.95. I’VE BEEN WAITING for this one for almost 60 years. Gaston LaGaffe in English. And now it’s here.
Feb 25, 2023 · In 1957, André Franquin introduced Gaston, the iconic comic strip character, in issue no. 985 of Spirou magazine, which Franquin oversaw. The purpose of Gaston's arrival was to fill up empty spaces in the magazine and to offer a humorous look at life behind-the-scenes at the paper.
May 30, 2023 · In 1968, Franquin dropped Spirou, tired of working on a character that did not belong to him. Instead, he devoted himself full-time to his baby: Gaston Lagaffe. Created in 1957, enthusiastically backed by Delporte, Gaston was a character who supposedly arrived at the Spirou editorial office as a stopgap, before becoming the prototype of the ...
Franquin reinvented the gag in Europe just as Schulz did in America, although Franquin did not take gags in the same direction. The first gags in Gaston Lagaffe were visual slapstick, with Gaston causing disasters around Le Journal de Spirou 's office.
