L'oncle Paul
Encyclopedia
Les Belles Histoires de l'oncle Paul, and later Les Plus Belles Histoires de l'oncle Paul, is a Belgian comics
series of historical stories created by Jean-Michel Charlier
and Eddy Paape
and published in the comics magazine
Le Journal de Spirou from 1951 to 1982.
, Jean Graton
, Mitacq
(La Patrouille des Castors
), Hermann
(Jeremiah) and Gérald Forton (Bob Morane
). Several albums grouping the strips were published between in the 1950s. In the 70s, the series appeared less frequently, and finally disappeared in the 80s. L'oncle Paul was parodied many times in Spirou as well as in other magazines. An album of parodies was published.
grouping the Belles Histoires de l'Oncle Paul stories previously published in Spirou.
In 1986, Les Histoires merveilleuses de l' Oncle Paul were published by Vents d'Ouest (ISBN 2-86967-012-5) and EDS (ISBN 2-905359-04-8). This was a pastiche
and hommage album, featuring stories by a.o. Yves Chaland
, Will
, Frank Pé
, Dany
, Serge Clerc
and Philippe Bercovici
.
Many stories were later republished by Dupuis and other publishers, either as thematic albums or by author in anthology series.
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...
series of historical stories created by Jean-Michel Charlier
Jean-Michel Charlier
Jean-Michel Charlier was a Belgian script writer best known as a writer of realistic European comics. He was a co-founder of the famed European comics magazine Pilote.-Biography:...
and Eddy Paape
Eddy Paape
Eddy Paape is a Franco-Belgian comics artist best known for illustrating the series Luc Orient.-Biography:Eddy Paape was born in Grivegnée , Belgium in 1920...
and published in the comics magazine
Franco-Belgian comics magazines
Belgium and France have a long tradition in comics. They have a common history for comics 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,...
Le Journal de Spirou from 1951 to 1982.
Theme
The series consists of various short stories relating the historical character's life, an invention, an historical event, or a story taking place in the past. A wise and learned man, the uncle Paul, use a pretext to tell a story to his two nephews, most of the time following a foolish remark or deed of the nephews. The purpose of the series was entirely educational and didactic, and served as a kind of illustrated history lessons for the young Spirou readers.Publication history
The first strip appeared in the issue 668 of Spirou at the beginning of 1951, named Cap plein Sud. The series was first drawn by Eddy Paape, who at that time was drawing the series Valhardi. In 1952, Octave Joly became the main writer of the series. This series, very popular, made it possible for a lot of newcoming authors to hone their skills and make themselves well-known, among them Paape, AttanasioDino Attanasio
Dino Attanasio is an Italian author of humoristic comics.-Biography:Attanasio was born in Milan....
, Jean Graton
Jean Graton
Jean Graton is a comic book author and cartoonist of French nationality. Graton created the famous character Michel Vaillant and the eponymous series in 1957.-Biography:...
, Mitacq
Mitacq
Michel Tacq, or Mitacq, is an author of Belgian comics. He was involved in Scouting for most of his life.-Biography:...
(La Patrouille des Castors
La Patrouille des Castors
La Patrouille des Castors is a Belgian comics series drawn by Mitacq and written by Jean-Michel Charlier. 30 albums were published by Dupuis, all relating the adventures of a Scout patrol.-History:...
), Hermann
Hermann Huppen
Hermann Huppen is a Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic Jeremiah which was made into a television series.-Biography:...
(Jeremiah) and Gérald Forton (Bob Morane
Bob Morane
Bob Morane, a creation of French-speaking Belgian novelist Henri Vernes, the pseudonym of Charles-Henri Dewisme, is a series of adventure books in French, featuring an eponymous protagonist...
). Several albums grouping the strips were published between in the 1950s. In the 70s, the series appeared less frequently, and finally disappeared in the 80s. L'oncle Paul was parodied many times in Spirou as well as in other magazines. An album of parodies was published.
Albums
Les Histoires vraies de l'Oncle Paul is a series of comics albums published by DupuisDupuis
Éditions Dupuis S.A. is a Belgian publisher of comic books and magazines.Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis, and is mostly famous for its comic albums and magazines. It is originally a French language publisher, but publishes many editions both in French...
grouping the Belles Histoires de l'Oncle Paul stories previously published in Spirou.
- Tome 1: Barbe-Noire (1953)
- Tome 2: Comment naquit la Marseillaise (1953)
- Tome 3: Cap plein sud - 7 histoires d'exploration , 1953.
- Tacq and Joly - Saïd, ami fidèle.
- Paape and Charlier - Cap plein sud.
- Paape and Charlier - Martyrs du pôle sud.
- Paape and Charlier - Comment mourut Amundsen.
- Paape and Charlier - Médecin des noirs.
- Graton and Charlier - Le héros de Budapest.
- Graton and Charlier - Seul contre la barbarie.
- Tome 4: Guynemer - 7 histoires sur la conquête de l'air, 1953.
- Graton and Joly - Les conquérants du ciel.
- Graton and Joly - Premier match aérien.
- Graton and Joly - Guynemer.
- Paape end Joly - Courrier sûr.
- Attanasio and Charlier - Guillaumet.
- Attanasio et Charlier - L'ange de la Cordillère.
- Paape and Charlier - Les sacrifiés du Canal Albert.
- Tome 5: Le Mystère du brick fantôme - 7 histoires de navigateurs, 1953.
- Paape and Joly - Révolte sur le négrier.
- Tacq and Attanasio - Kon-Tiki.
- Graton and Joly - Le Toumelin.
- Graton and Joly - Le mystère de la "Marie-Céleste".
- Graton and Joly - Le secret du Brick Fantôme.
- Graton and Charlier - La Vierge de la Grand-Porte.
- Graton and Joly - Forceur d'abîmes.
- Tome 6: Trois Enfants contre les indiens - 7 histoires d'enfants prodiges, 1953.
- Follet and Joly - Mozart.
- Graton and Joly - Trois enfants contre les peaux-rouges.
- Attanasio and Dewinne - Le fils du boulanger.
- Follet and Joly - Sapeur de 10 ans.
- Graton and Joly - Tom, gosse impossible.
- Graton and Joly - Le Télégraphiste-Catastrophe.
- Tacq and Joly - Drame dans un phare.
- Tome 7: Héros d'épopée - 7 histoires de héros d'épopée, 1954.
- Attanasio and Joly - La mort de Roland.
- Attanasio and Joly - Guillaume Tell.
- Paape and Joly - Boduognat contre César.
- Tacq and Joly - Dollard des Ormeaux.
- Dupuis and Goscinny - De Lattre.
- Graton and Joly - Trafalgar.
- Tacq and Joly - Rien à signaler, mon général.
- Tome 8: Combattant de la vie- 7 histoires sur les combattants de la vie, 1954.
- Graton and Joly - Echec au feu du ciel.
- Graton and Attanasio - Le Brésil est malade.
- Graton and Attanasio - Gutenberg.
- Attanasio and Joly - Un étudiant nommé Louis.
- Attanasio and Joly - Tue-moi, mais ne brouille pas cela.
- Forton and Joly - Un voyage tragique.
- Forton and Joly - L'homme en blanc.
- Tome 9: Robert le Diable - 7 histoires fantastiques, 1954.
- Graton and Joly - Le coup de Jarnac.
- Tacq and Joly - Le chien de Montargis.
- Graton and Joly - L'enfant, l'épée, le général.
- Graton and Joly - A la gueule du canon.
- Tacq and Attanasio - Robert le diable.
- Paape and Joly - Rois mages tragiques.
- Paape and Charlier - Paix sur la terre...
- Tome 10: Requins d'acier- 7 histoires sur les sous-marins, 1954.
- Tacq and Joly - Fulton invente le premier sous-marin.
- Paape and Charlier - Noël sous la mer.
- Graton and Joly - Feu... 1... 2... 3!...
- Forton and Joly - Le torpillage du Lusitania.
- Graton and Joly - La fin d'un pirate.
- Forton and Joly - A l'Abordage en 44.
- Forton and Joly - Les hommes-grenouilles.
- Tome 11: Écumeurs des mers - 7 récits de marins, 1955.
- Funcken and Joly - Le pirate magicien.
- Funcken and Joly - Le vaisseau fantôme.
- Funcken and Roquet - Le dernier voyage.
- Forton and Attanasio - Laffite, pirate patriote.
- Graton and Joly - L'exploit du "Vindictive".
- Graton and Joly - La fin d'un corsaire.
- Forton and Joly - Jonas moderne.
- Tome 12: Chasseurs de tombeau - 15 histoires sur des hommes remarquables, 1955
- Hope and Charlier - Gouverneur malgré lui.
- Follet and Joly - Léonard de Vinci.
- Paape and Charlier - Le sculpteur de Florence.
- Graton and Joly - Le vrai Robinson.
- Dupuis and Gramberger - René Laënnec.
- Dehon and Joly - Le petit Louis.
- Dehon and Joly - Un gamin intelligent.
- Dehon and Joly - Le roi des railways.
- Paape and Roquet - Frédéric Sauvage.
- Dupuis and Dupuis S. - Jack London.
- Hidalgo and Charlier - Le hussard de la mors.
- Hidalgo and Charlier - L'oiseau blanc.
- Forton and Joly - Un kid de Londres.
- Forton and Joly - Carter, chasseur de tombeaux.
- Graton and Joly - John Ford.
In 1986, Les Histoires merveilleuses de l' Oncle Paul were published by Vents d'Ouest (ISBN 2-86967-012-5) and EDS (ISBN 2-905359-04-8). This was a pastiche
Pastiche
A pastiche is a literary or other artistic genre or technique that is a "hodge-podge" or imitation. The word is also a linguistic term used to describe an early stage in the development of a pidgin language.-Hodge-podge:...
and hommage album, featuring stories by a.o. Yves Chaland
Yves Chaland
Yves Chaland was a French cartoonist.During the 1980s, together with Ted Benoît, Serge Clerc and Floc'h, he relaunched the Ligne claire style in French comics.-Biography:Chaland published his first strips in the fanzine Biblipop when he...
, Will
Will (comics)
Willy Maltaite known by the pseudonym Will, was a comics creator and comics artist in the Franco-Belgian tradition...
, Frank Pé
Frank Pé
Frank Pé, often signing solely as Frank is a Belgian comic book artist, best known for Broussaille and Zoo.-Biography:Frank Pé was born in Ixelles in 1956...
, Dany
Dany (comics)
Dany, pseudonym for Daniel Henrotin is a Belgian comic book artist, best known for Olivier Rameau and Ça vous intéresse?.-Biography:...
, Serge Clerc
Serge Clerc
Serge Clerc is a French comic book artist and illustrator.Serge Clerc began his professional career in 1975 in the monthly magazine Métal Hurlant, after having created his own fanzine, Absolutely Live...
and Philippe Bercovici
Philippe Bercovici
Philippe Bercovici is a French comics artist of Franco-Belgian comics. Having illustrated a wide range of series, Bercovici is perhaps most known for Les Femmes en Blanc written by Cauvin, started in 1981...
.
Many stories were later republished by Dupuis and other publishers, either as thematic albums or by author in anthology series.
Sources
- L'oncle Paul publications in Le Journal de Spirou
- On Jean-Michel Charlier website
- http://vaillantfanclub.free.fr/spirou.htm