They take it home to an African island, leading to adventures with pygmy tribes and arms-dealing villains. Spirou meets the Pygmees (Spirou chez les Pygmées), 1949Ī leopard escapes from the zoo and manages to become friendly with Spirou and Fantasio. The horse Spirou rides is very playful and some of the gags in the story feels like they belong in a Donald Duck story. Fantasio is given a very noble steed named Artaban, while Spirou’s horse, Plumeau, is ridiculously unhorse-like.įantasio acts like a very distinguished gentleman. Spirou Rides a Horse (Spirou fait du cheval), 1949įantasio attempts to mix it up with the upper class by playing the equestrian dandy gentleman, and Spirou reluctantly joins him to go horseback riding. An entire Brussels working class community turns out for the big event, and an epic boxing match of courage against cheating tactics is played out. Poildur, a neighbor bully, challenges Spirou to a boxing match, who nobly accepts and asks Fantasio to coach him. Spirou in the Ring (Spirou sur le ring), 1948 There’s a lot of action and gags – animated cartoons may have influenced it a lot. In the later novels, he tends to lose a bit of his height but he still remains marginally taller than Spirou. Fantasio is quite tall and smokes a pipe.
Spirou is accompanied by Spip and Fantasio as part of the set of characters Franquin had to work with when he took over.
In the beginning, Franquin uses a very rigid framework of equally sized frames. This is the earliest of his stories that I’ve read. Spirou inherits from a deceased uncle, a strange house with secrets. The Inheritance of Spirou (L’Héritage), 1946 It was begun by Jijé, but he later handed it over for Franquin to finish it off. The Prefabricated Houses (Les Maisons préfabriquées), 1946įantasio becomes a salesman of seaside prefabricated houses. He was 22 years at the time and would continue with the series for another 22 years. This is the very first “test” story Franquin drew to convince Jijé of his abilities. Spirou and the neighborhood boys help with repairs. The top italic descriptions were copied and adapted from Wikipedia.įantasio and his Tank (Fantasio et le tank), 1946įantasio buys a demobilized tank from an American soldier, and accidentally destroys the neighborhood with it. Here are all of the graphical novels created by André Franquin, including the early and late stuff that falls outside of what I deem to be his golden age.
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