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History
Early years
Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis (1875–1952).
The growth of Dupuis towards becoming the leading comic book editor of Belgium started in 1938, when Dupuis added to its portfolio a men's magazine (Le moustique [the mosquito] in French,
Growth after WWII
After some difficulties during the war (mainly because of the scarcity of paper towards the end of it, but also because American comics weren't allowed to be published anymore), Dupuis started to grow quickly. Le moustique became one of the leading magazines with information on radio and (later) television programs in Belgium, and Spirou was one of the two leading
Dupuis started publishing some books as well, but had real success by republishing the comics that had appeared as serials in the magazine, collected as
Stabilization and diversification
In the early sixties, Dupuis started with other activities, including the merchandising of its comic series (puppets, posters, etc.), and the making of animated movies. Most of these weren't very successful but further raised the visibility of their comics. Still, towards the end of the 1960s, the golden age of Dupuis seemed to be over. Some of the magazines were struggling, the merchandising activities were vastly reduced, and the movie studio did not seem to be producing any successful movies.
But the core business, the comics and the main magazines, continued to be hugely successful, with a comics catalogue of more than 2000 titles available in French. Many of the series were turned into animated movies in the 1990s, including
In June 2004, Dupuis was bought by Média-Participations, which now owns almost all major European comic book publishers, including Dargaud and Le Lombard, [5] More recently, in 2015, Dupuis joined with twelve other European comics publishing actors to create Europe Comics, a digital initiative co-funded by the European Commission's Creative Europe program.[6]
Main publications
This is a selection of magazines and comics series originally or mainly published by Dupuis. Some titles later changed to a different publisher.
Magazines
- HUMO(since 1936, originally called "Humoradio")
- Spirou, since 1938: between 1938 and 2005 also a Flemish version, "Robbedoes".
Comics series
This is a selected list of comics series, ordered by year of first publication by Dupuis, with main authors given. Many series were also continued or temporarily taken over by other artists and writers.
- 1938: Spirou & Fantasio by Robert Velter, Jijé, André Franquin, ...
- 1938: Tif et Tondu by Fernand Dineur, Will, ...
- 1941: Jean Valhardi by Jijé
- 1946: Lucky Luke by Morris and René Goscinny
- 1947: Blondin et Cirage by Jijé
- 1947: Buck Danny by Victor Hubinon and Jean-Michel Charlier
- 1952: Johan and Peewit by Peyo
- 1954: Jerry Spring by Jijé
- 1954: La Patrouille des Castors by Mitacq and Charlier
- 1956: Gil Jourdan by Maurice Tillieux
- 1957: Gaston by André Franquin and Yvan Delporte
- 1958: The Smurfs by Peyo
- 1958: Le Vieux Nick et Barbe-Noire by Marcel Remacle
- 1959: Boule et Bill by Jean Roba
- 1960: Benoît Brisefer by Peyo
- 1961: Bobo by Paul Deliège and Maurice Rosy
- 1963: Génial Olivier by Jacques Devos
- 1965: Sibylline by Raymond Macherot
- 1965: Sophie by Jidéhem
- 1967: Les Petits Hommes by Pierre Seron
- 1968: Les Tuniques Bleues by Louis Salvérius, Lambil, and Raoul Cauvin
- 1969: Isabelle by Will, Franquin, Delporte and Macherot
- 1970: Natacha by François Walthéry and Gos
- 1970: Sammy by Berck and Cauvin
- 1970: Yoko Tsuno by Roger Leloup
- 1972: Scrameustache by Gos
- 1974: Papyrus by Lucien De Gieter
- 1975: Agent 212 by Daniel Kox and Cauvin
- 1981: Billy the Cat by Stéphane Colman and Stephen Desberg
- 1981: Les Femmes en Blanc by Philippe Bercovici and Cauvin
- 1982: Jeannette Pointu by Marc Wasterlain
- 1982: Kogaratsu by Michetz and Bosse
- 1982: Jérôme K. Jérôme Bloche by Alain Dodier
- 1986: Aria by Michel Weyland
- 1983: Pierre Tombal by Marc Hardy and Cauvin
- 1983: Jojo by André Geerts
- 1986: Soda by Bruno Gazzotti and Tome
- 1986: Cédric by Laudec and Cauvin
- 1987: Le Petit Spirou by Tome and Janry
- 1987: Jessica Blandy by Renaud Dufaux and Jean Dufaux
- 1987: Théodore Poussin by Frank Le Gall
- 1988: Cupidon by Malik and Cauvin
- 1988: Jeremiah (comics) by Hermann Huppen
- 1990: Largo Winch by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme
- 1992: Mélusine by Clarke and François Gilson
- 1993: Kid Paddle by Midam
- 1996: Dallas Barr by Marvano
- 2001: Violine by Didier Vasseur and artist Fabrice Tarrin
- 2003: Parker and Badger by Marc Cuadrado
- 2004; Lady S by Philippe Aymond and Van Hamme
- 2005: The Bellybuttons by Maryse Dubuc and Delaf
- 2005: Orbital by Sylvain Runberg and Serge Pellé
- 2006: Seuls by Fabien Vehlmann and Bruno Gazzotti
- 2010: Michel Vaillant by Jean Graton
See also
References
- ISBN 9782811104863. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ISBN 9782804603854. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ISBN 9780415044196. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
Spirou and Tintin dominated European comics into the 1950s and beyond
- ISBN 9781845455880. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ISBN 9781841501772. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "Creative Europe Project Results: Europe Comics". Creative Europe. Retrieved 3 March 2017.