#European Comics

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Milo Manara art

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Jean-Claude Mézières - poster lllustration for the 9ème Festival de Science-Fiction de Roanne, 1995.

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Fly leafs for Spirou and Fantasio albums by André Franquin, 1950s-1970s.

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No matter what universe, cartoons, comics or video games, Donald will always be the best parent to his nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie. Happy 90th birthday to the best uncle, as well as a happy belated father's day.

Please like and reblog if you support that Donald Duck is also a great parent, father and uncle to his nephews.

P.S. The second image is a redraw of Carl Barks Golden Helmet by Patrick Block, and the fourth image is artwork by the genius Lara Molinari who painted Duck Avenger (Paperinik) with his nephews as him.

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(Late) birthday gift for @blackpantherpira !!

In which Spirou and Fantasio find a different creature in the jungle :)

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art by ANDREU-T

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My Shelves

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Smurfs: Ghosts in the Old Tower

The Smurfs is property of Peyo/IMPS/Lafig Belgium, S.A.

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Pandora's Eyes

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Corto Maltese by Mikel Janín

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European comics chart

A list of recommended Franco-Belgian BDs and other comic books from mainland Europe, from classics to modern favorites.

This is a selection from my longer list of European comics and graphic novels (with links to Goodreads, Wikipedia, and French-language database BDTheque).

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Idea: There should be a tag-name for us Bande Dessinee/Eurocomic fans. (In the same way anime fans are called "otakus", MLP fans as "bronies" etc.)

But what should it be??

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Hergé (Georges Prosper Remi) - The original illustration for the Tintin album Le Lotus Bleu (The Blue Lotus) was rejected by the publisher in 1934 and, neatly folded into six, kept in a drawer for decades. In 2021 it was auctioned for €3.2m (£2.8m), setting a new world record for the most expensive comic book artwork ever.

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André Franquin - Cover illustration for Spirou album du Journal 50 and two comic illustrations for La mauvaise tête (Obstinate and Difficult), 1954.

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Unfortunately, bad news for all comic book fans, the genius artist for Disney comics, Maximino Tortajada Aguilar, passed away last week. He is from Spain and is the brother of the equally brilliant artist José Miguel Tortajada Aguilar who is also an artist working for Disney and Egmont editing Disney comics. While José Miguel worked more on Mickey Mouse comics, Maximino Tortajada Aguilar worked more on Donald Duck comics combining various styles depending on the publisher and given outcomes. He was born on 24-X-1961 in Barcelona, ​​and he started his career back in 1980 and continued his career until this year. He also drew on the OG Ducktales comics, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Talespin and other Disney cartoons that made it into the comics, as he also drew for Egmont drawing for Dutch and Scandinavian comics. He is certainly one of my favorite artists and it is a great shame that he left us on August 20th of this year. Unfortunately, there is not much information about him, except on the Lambiek encyclopedia, and I learned about his death on the Inducks Discord from a friend of mine as well as here: https://www.tebeosfera.com/autores/tortajada_aguilar_maximino.html

lso bad news for all fans of Disney (Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck) comics. Yesterday, the genius artist for Disney comics, who did commission art, Sergio Asteriti, died. He was born on February 13, 1930 in Venice, and began his career in 1952. "Sergio Asteriti was born in Venice, and studied at the Scuola di Magistero d'Arte, section Publicity. In 1952, he moved to Milan, where he was employed by the advertising agency S.P.I.N.T.A. The agency folded two years later, and Asteriti turned to comics. He made his comics debut with the 'Bingo Bongo' series at the publishing house Alpe in 1955. He soon expanded his activities and did illustration work for various publishers and magazines. Asteriti joined the art studios of Roy d'Ami in the late 1950s. There, he drew for the British Fleetway agency ('Fun in Toyland', 'Freddie Frog', etc.) and for Il Corriere dei Piccoli, where he took over the 'Formichino' series from Roberto Sgrilli.

Asteriti has been an artist of Disney comics for Topolino since 1963. From 1974, he also took on the writing of Disney stories. He has mainly done stories with 'Mickey Mouse', but also other characters, such as 'Uncle Scrooge', 'Super Goof', 'Gilbert', 'Tanti Auguri', 'The Prince and the Pauper', 'Indiana Pips'." Taken from the Lambiek encyclopedia. He certainly contributed a lot to the Mickey Mouse universe. He died on August 27, 2024. Kudos to him for his truly outstanding work! Rest in peace! Amen.

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art by ANDREU-T