Series Spirou et Fantasio Artists Franquin Date of publication 1946 - 1948 Date 1948 | Writers Franquin Issues 422 - #521 Originally published 1948 Preceded by Spirou et l'aventure Publisher Dupuis | |
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Published in Spirou magazine
Almanach Spirou 1947 Followed by Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio Similar André Franquin books, Other books | ||
Spirou et Fantasio, written and drawn by Franquin (except for a few plates by Jijé), is an album that precedes the main Spirou et Fantasio album series. It contains Franquin's first four stories completed between 1946 and 1948, three of which were serialised in Spirou magazine.
Contents
Stories
Background
The first story, Le Tank, is the very first 12 board "test" story Franquin drew to convince Jijé of his abilities, which was later printed in Spirou almanache 1947 of 1946. The following story, La maison préfabriquée, is the episode Jijé famously had begun in Spirou issue #422, but handed over to Franquin, to continue five boards into the work from issue #427.
Although this album is not regarded as part of the official series and was never republished, its four stories are all printed and available in the hors-série albums, HS1 L'héritage and HS2 Radar le robot.