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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.
- Writer, Artist
- 3 January 1924, Etterbeek, Belgium
- Belgian
- 5 January 1997 (aged 73), Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France
Spirou & Fantasio (French: Spirou et Fantasio), commonly shortened to Spirou, is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comics. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European humorous adventure comics like The Adventures of Tintin , Lucky Luke , and Asterix .
- 1938–present
André Franquin, né le 3 janvier 1924 à Etterbeek ( province de Brabant, Belgique) et mort le 5 janvier 1997 à Saint-Laurent-du-Var ( Alpes-Maritimes, France ), est un auteur belge francophone de bande dessinée, principalement connu pour les séries Spirou et Fantasio, Gaston, Modeste et Pompon et les Idées noires ; il est aussi le créateur du Mar...
- André Jacques Hector Franquin
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(3 January 1924 - 5 January 1997, Belgium) 'Gaston Lagaffe'. Belgian comic artist André Franquin is widely considered one of the major artists of European comics. A leading contributor to Spirou magazine, he was the third lead writer/artist of the title comic, 'Spirou et Fantasio'.
Gaston is a Belgian gag-a-day comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou. The series focuses on the everyday life of Gaston Lagaffe (whose surname means "the blunder"), a lazy and accident-prone office junior who works at Spirou' s office in Brussels. [1]
- February 28, 1957
Feb 17, 2017 · Over a decade, as well as the magazine's cover, he had been producing Spirou and Fantasio weekly. Now he was starting a supplement called Spirou Poche and had just become a first-time father. If that wasn't enough, there was more one thing. Franquin also worked for the competition, Le Journal de Tintin. This was a situation just as odd as it ...
Apr 14, 2024 · André Franquin, the influential and mercurial creator of Gaston Lagaffe, embodied the spirit of Spirou and the post-war Belgian comic strip generation. Tuesday, 30 May 2023. By Frédéric Jannin. Since everything needs a beginning, let's rewind and start the story in the middle of the Second World War.
