The spiffy adventures of McConey
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The spiffy adventures of McConey (Les formidables aventures de Lapinot in the original French language
) is a Franco-Belgian
comic series by the popular French
cartoonist
Lewis Trondheim
.
The series mixes satire
and fantasy. The main characters are all animals: for instance McConey (Lapinot) is a shy and easygoing rabbit
, while Richard is an engaging cat with a loud mouth and a knack for getting into trouble.
The stories alternate between modern France and stock historical settings. The recurring characters in the series can be thought of as actors who don't always play the same people, but always play the same type of roles. The series is generally unpredictable: each book is different in terms of pace, plot, theme, etc.
Out of the ten official volumes of the series, only two have been translated in English.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
) is a Franco-Belgian
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...
comic series by the popular French
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...
cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
Lewis Trondheim
Lewis Trondheim
Lewis Trondheim , born 11 December 1964, is an extremely prolific French cartoonist and one of the founders of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic La Mouche and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animated cartoons...
.
The series mixes satire
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
and fantasy. The main characters are all animals: for instance McConey (Lapinot) is a shy and easygoing rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
, while Richard is an engaging cat with a loud mouth and a knack for getting into trouble.
The stories alternate between modern France and stock historical settings. The recurring characters in the series can be thought of as actors who don't always play the same people, but always play the same type of roles. The series is generally unpredictable: each book is different in terms of pace, plot, theme, etc.
Out of the ten official volumes of the series, only two have been translated in English.
Books in the official series
- 0. SlalomsSlaloms (Lapinot)Slaloms is a story in the comics series The spiffy adventures of McConey , by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim...
(1997, originally released in a smaller black-and-white format in 1993) - 1. BlacktownBlacktown (Lapinot)Blacktown is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey , by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim...
(1995) - 2. PichenettesPichenettes (Lapinot)Pichenettes is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey , by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim...
(1996) (English translation released in 1998 as The Hoodoodad) - 3. WalterWalter (Lapinot)Walter is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey , by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim...
(1996) (English translation released in 1998 as Harum Scarum) - 4. Amour & IntérimAmour & Intérim (Lapinot)Amour & Intérim is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey , by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim...
(1998) - 5. Vacances de printempsVacances de printemps (Lapinot)Vacances de printemps is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey , by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim...
(1999) - 6. Pour de vraiPour de vrai (Lapinot)Pour de vrai is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey , by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. It was first released in 1999 as volume 6 in the series.This book is a satire of the media world...
(1999) - 7. La couleur de l'enferLa couleur de l'enfer (Lapinot)La couleur de l'enfer is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey , by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim...
(2000) - 8. La vie comme elle vientLa vie comme elle vient (Lapinot)La vie comme elle vient is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey , by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim...
(2004) - 9. L'accélérateur atomiqueL'accélérateur atomique (Lapinot)L'accélérateur atomique is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey , by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim...
(2003)