Gaffe à Lagaffe !
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Gaffe à Lagaffe !, written and drawn by Franquin
, is the fifteenth album of the original Gaston Lagaffe
series.
, who hold all the copyrights of Gaston Lagaffe. The album consists mostly of pages that haven't been published in albums, but previously published in Spirou
long time ago. Only 13 new pages were published in this album, previously published in Spirou between 1986 and 1997. Roba
and Cauvin
have collaborated on one page.
André Franquin
André Franquin was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best known comic strip creations are Gaston and Marsupilami, created while he worked on the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1947 to 1969, during a period seen by many as the series' golden age.-Franquin's beginnings:Franquin was...
, is the fifteenth album of the original Gaston Lagaffe
Gaston Lagaffe
Gaston is a comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the comic strip magazine, Spirou. The series focuses on the every-day life of Gaston Lagaffe, a lazy and accident-prone office junior...
series.
Inventions
- petrol: special petrol for the Gastomobile, it also can cause unexpected fireworks
- anti-hold-up system: system which consists in spreading marbles to make robbers slide
- radio-controlled iron: efficient iron, but not to be lost of sight, for it tends to fly away
- heating for birds: system of pipes installed on the rooftop of Spirou editorial offices and connected to the heating system of the building
- English divan: sofa made with elasticated plastic and buttons that tend to suddenly and break loose, causing high damage
Background
This is the last album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series, and the first album published by Marsu ProductionsMarsu Productions
Marsu Productions, or simply Marsu, is a publishing house and licensing and merchandising company located in Monaco, managing Franco-Belgian comics characters and copyright concerns, chiefly from the comics universe of André Franquin...
, who hold all the copyrights of Gaston Lagaffe. The album consists mostly of pages that haven't been published in albums, but previously published in Spirou
Spirou (magazine)
Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...
long time ago. Only 13 new pages were published in this album, previously published in Spirou between 1986 and 1997. Roba
Jean Roba
Jean Roba was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. His best-known work is Boule et Bill.-Biography:...
and Cauvin
Raoul Cauvin
Raoul Cauvin is a Belgian comics author and one of the most popular in the humorist field.-Biography:Raoul Cauvin was born in Antoing, Belgium in 1938. He studied lithography at the Institut Saint-Luc in Tournai, but upon leaving school found that there no jobs available for lithographers...
have collaborated on one page.