Tag: Spirou

Spirou – Den kompletta samlingen 1972-1975 by Jean-Claude Fournier My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the tenth chronological collection of the classic Belgian adventure comic Spirou and Fantasio, and includes three albums from the early 1970s. The creator of this epoch, Fournier, inherited the comic from André Franquin, whom most view as the…

Spirou – Den kompletta samlingen 1988-1991 by Tome My rating: 4 of 5 stars The classic Belgian album series Spirou and Fantasia was created in the 1930s and since then a number of different comics artists have shouldered the responsibility of creating this humorous adventure comic. After a number of years when the series was…

Världens bästa morfar by Tome My rating: 3 of 5 stars Le Petit Spirou is a spinoff of the classic Belgian comic Spirou and Fantasio, about the protagonist as a child, probably set somewhere during the 1950s and actually more successful than the main series. Le Petit Spirou is made by the duo Tome (Philippe…

Spirou 1984-1987 by Tome My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Danish-Swedish publisher Mooz continues the publication of hardcover collections with the classic French children’s comic Spirou. This volume contains three albums from the 1980s by Tome and Janry. This creative team was clearly the heirs to the undisputed master among Spirou artists, André Franquin,…

Leopardkvinnan by Yann My rating: 3 of 5 stars A new album in the specials series with Spirou and Fantasio. One again, the script is by Olivier Schwartz and the drawings by Yann, who together previously created Operation Bat in the same series. These albums, which were originally intended as stand-alone stories in which various…