Le gorille a bonne mine
Spirou et Fantasio #11 Le gorille a bonne mine | |
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Spirou et Fantasio | |
Publisher | Dupuis |
Creative team | |
Writers | Franquin |
Artists | Franquin |
Original publication | |
Published in | Spirou magazine |
Issues |
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Date of publication | 1956 1957-1958 |
Language | French |
ISBN | 2-8001-0013-3 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Les pirates du silence, 1958 |
Followed by | Le nid des Marsupilamis, 1960 |
Le gorille a bonne mine, written and drawn by
The title literally means roughly The Gorilla's in Good Shape, but the title is also a pun on the "mine d'or" ("goldmine") which appears in the story.
When
Story
In Le gorille a bonne mine,
In Vacances sans histoires, the heroes take a road-trip south to the French riviera. This leads to an encounter with
Background
During the title story's original serial publication in Spirou, it was named Le gorille à mauvaise mine, but, after previously published La mauvaise tête, the hardcover album was renamed by editors who wanted to avoid establishing a trend of negative names (i.e. The Bad Head, The Bad Expression).[2]
With Vacances sans histoires, this album contains the second Spirou adventure cameo appearance of
At the end of Vacances sans histoires, the Turbot 2 is revealed for the first time, as a replacement for the Turbotraction wrecked by the Sheik.
References
- Franquin publications in Spirou BDoubliées (in French)
Footnotes
- ^ Euro-comics: English translations English translations: Spirou and Fantasio
- ^ franquin.com. "Franquin-Une vie-1959".(in French)
- ^ gastonlagaffe.com. "Dossiers-21 novembre 1957". Archived from the original on 2006-05-09.(in French)
External links
- Spirou official site album index (in French)
- Franquin site album index (in French)