Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

and France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

have a long tradition in comics

Comics

Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...

. They have a common history for comics (see Franco-Belgian comics

Franco-Belgian comics

Franco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée in French and stripverhalen in Dutch...

) and magazines.

In the early years of its history, magazines had a large place on the comics market and were often the only place where comics were published. Most of them were kids-targeted.

In the 1970s, satirical and more adult publications begun to appear. In the 1990s, there was a large pallet of comics magazine. In the late 1990s, some notable comics have disappeared and only a few remain.

Famous magazines

• (A SUIVRE)
  À Suivre
  or was a Franco-Belgian comics magazine published from February 1978 to December 1997 by the Casterman publishing house....
  
   (Casterman) English: (TO BE CONTINUED)
  • February 1, 1978 - December 1, 1997

• BoDoï (LZ Publications)
  • September 20, 1997 - still published

• Bravo (Jean Meewissen)
  • December 1940 - April 1951

• Canal BD Magazine (Canal BD)
  • October 1997 - Present. Still published.

• Charlie Hebdo
  Charlie Hebdo
  Charlie Hebdo is a French satirical weekly newspaper, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics and jokes. It appeared from 1969 to 1981, when it folded, and was resurrected in 1992. The current editor is cartoonist Charb. His predecessors are François Cavanna and Philippe Val...
  
   (Editions du Square, Kalachnikof) English: Charlie Weekly
  • 1st run: November 1970 - December 1981; 2nd run: July 1992

• Charlie Mensuel
  Charlie Mensuel
  Charlie Mensuel was a French monthly comics magazine. Its publication began in February 1969, and ceased in February 1986.-History:...
  
   (Editions du Square, Dargaud) English: Charlie Monthly
  • 1st run: February 1, 1969 - September 1, 1981; 2nd run: April 1, 1982 - February 1, 1986

• Circus (Glénat)
  • April 1, 1975 - September 1, 1989

• Coeurs Vaillants  (UOCF) English: The Valiant Hearts
  • December 8, 1929 - October 1, 1963

• Corto (Casterman)
  • May 25, 1985 - November 20, 1989

• L'Écho des Savannes (Albin Michel) English: The Echo of the Savannahs
  • 1st run: May 1, 1972 - January 1, 1982; 2nd run: November 1, 1982 - December 1, 2006

• Ferraille (Les Requins-Marteaux)
  • October 1996–Present. Still (but irregularly) published.

• Fluide Glacial
  Fluide Glacial
  Fluide Glacial is a monthly French comics magazine and a publishing house founded on April 1, 1975 by Marcel Gotlib and Jacques Diament. During its years of publication it has featured the work of French and international authors and graphic artists such as Jacques Lob, Édika, Claire Bretécher,...
  
   (Audie) English: Frozen Liquid
  • May 1, 1975 - still published

• Gomme!
  • November 15, 1981 - January 15, 1984

• Hara-Kiri
  Hara-Kiri (magazine)
  In 1960, Georges Bernier, Cavanna and Fred Aristidès created the monthly satirical magazine Hara-Kiri. Hara Kiri Hebdo, its weekly counterpart, was first published in 1969....
  
   (Editions du Square, SELD, Société Française de Revue)
  • Hara-Kiri Hebdo (weekly), 1st run: February 1969 - November 1970; 2nd run :1993; 3rd run: 1996
  • Hara-Kiri Mensuel (monthly), 1st run: September 1960 - December 1985; 2nd run: 1986 - 1987; 3rd run: 1988; 4th run: 1988 - 1990; 5th run: January -March 1993, 6th run: April 1996

• Héroïc Albums (Edition Esseo)
  • 1945- December 1956

• Le Journal de Mickey
  Le Journal de Mickey
  Le Journal de Mickey is a French weekly comics magazine established in 1934 and currently published by Disney Hachette Presse. It is centered around the adventures of Mickey Mouse and other Disney figures but contains also other comics. It is credited with "the birth of the modern bande dessinée"...
  
   (Opera Mundi, Hachette)(English : Mickey's Newspaper) (Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
  Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
  Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, sometimes abbreviated WDC or WDC&S, is an anthology comic book series that has an assortment of Disney characters, including Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Mickey Mouse, Chip 'n Dale, Lil Bad Wolf, Scamp, Bucky Bug, Grandma Duck, Brer Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, and...
  
   French homologue)
  • 1st run: October 21, 1934 - July, 1944; 2nd run: June 1952

• Lanfeust Mag (Soleil Prod.)
  • May 1998–Present. Still published.

• Métal Hurlant
  Métal Hurlant
  Métal Hurlant is a French comics anthology of science fiction and horror comics stories, created in December 1974 by comics artists Jean Giraud and Philippe Druillet together with journalist-writer Jean-Pierre Dionnet and financial director Bernard Farkas.The four were collectively known as "Les...
  
   (Les Humanoïdes Associés, Hachette) English: Screaming Metal
  • 1st run: January 1, 1975 - July 1, 1987; 2nd run: July 3, 2002 - October 3, 2004

• Pavillon Rouge (Editions Delcoutr) English: Red Pennant
  • May 2001 - July 2003

• Petits Belges (Editions Bonne Presse) English: Little Belgians
  • January 4, 1920 - December 4, 1960

• Pif gadget
  Pif gadget
  Pif Gadget was a French comic magazine for children that ran from 1969 to 1993 and 2004 to 2009. Its audience peaked in the early 1970s.-History:Created as an outlet of the French Communist Party, it was initially entitled Le Jeune Patriote...
  
   (Pif edition)
  • 1st run: February 1969 - January 1994; 2nd run: July 2004

• Le Petit Vingtième
  Le Petit Vingtième
  Le Petit Vingtième was the weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle from 1928 to 1940. The comics series The Adventures of Tintin first appeared in its pages.-History:...
  
   (Le Journal du Vingtième Siècle) English: literally The Little Twentieth, this was a children's offshoot of Le Journal du Vigntième Siècle, English: The Journal of the Twentieth Century
  • November 1, 1928 - May 9, 1940

• Pilote
  Pilote
  thumb|Cover of the first Pilote teaser issue, #0.Pilote was a French comics periodical published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major French or Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as Astérix le Gaulois, Blueberry, Achille Talon, and Valérian et...
  
   (Dargaud) English: Pilot
  • weekly: October 29, 1959 - May 30, 1974; monthly: June 5, 1974 - December 1, 1986

• Record (Bonne Presse, Bayard Presse)
  • 1st run: January, 1962 - December, 1971; 2nd run: January, 1972 - December, 1973; 3rd run: January 1974 - July 1976

• Spirou
  Spirou (magazine)
  Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...
  
   (Dupuis)
  • April 21, 1938 - still published

• Tintin
  Tintin (magazine)
  Le journal de Tintin or Kuifje , was a weekly Belgian comics magazine of the second half of the 20th century...
  
   (Dargaud)
  • Belgian edition: September 26, 1948 - December 23, 1980
  • French edition, 1st run: October 28, 1948 - January 4, 1973; 2nd run: September 16, 1975 - May 30, 1978; merged with Belgian edition

• Le Trombone Illustré (Spirou
  Spirou (magazine)
  Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...
  
   supplement, Dupuis)
  • March 17, 1977 - October 20, 1977

• Vaillant (Éditions Vaillant)
  • June 1945 - February 1969; became Pif gadget
    Pif gadget
    Pif Gadget was a French comic magazine for children that ran from 1969 to 1993 and 2004 to 2009. Its audience peaked in the early 1970s.-History:Created as an outlet of the French Communist Party, it was initially entitled Le Jeune Patriote...
    
    

• Vécu (Glénat)
  • March 1, 1985 - still published