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André Franquin (French: [fʁɑ̃kɛ̃]; 3 January 1924 – 5 January 1997) was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best-known creations are Gaston and Marsupilami. He also produced the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1946 to 1968, a period seen by many as the series' golden age.
André Franquin, né le 3 janvier 1924 à Etterbeek (province de Brabant, Belgique) et mort le 5 janvier 1997 à Saint-Laurent-du-Var (Alpes-Maritimes, France), est un auteur belge francophone de bande dessinée, principalement connu pour les séries Spirou et Fantasio, Gaston, Modeste et Pompon et les Idées noires ; il est aussi le ...
Belgian comic artist André Franquin is widely considered one of the major artists of European comics. A leading contributor to Spirou magazine, he was the third lead writer/artist of the title comic, 'Spirou et Fantasio'.
Franquin's Last Laugh (French: Idées noires: Dark thoughts) is a collection of black comedy comic strips drawn by André Franquin, written by Franquin and Yvan Delporte. The one-page stories first appeared frequently in 1977, in the brief run of the Spirou magazine supplement, Le Trombone illustré.
Jan 5, 1997 · In 1997, André Franquin passed away at the age of 73 in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France. His legacy for the comic strip world, and particularly for the Belgian scene, lives on.
André Franquin, the cartoonist who produced Spirou and Fantasio and the creator of Gaston Lagaffe and Marsupilami, was a visionary of Belgian comic strip who could captivate young and old alike.
May 30, 2023 · André Franquin, the influential and mercurial creator of Gaston Lagaffe, embodied the spirit of Spirou and the post-war Belgian comic strip generation. Tuesday, 30 May 2023 By Frédéric Jannin
