Oumpah-pah
Oumpah-pah | |
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Humor, historical | |
Publication date | 1958–1962 |
Creative team | |
Created by | René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo |
Oumpah-pah le Peau-Rouge (Ompa-pa the Redskin) is a
Characters
The series features the adventures of Ompa-pa (Oumpah-pah in
The series is set in the 18th century during the age of
When Brussels Sprout introduces Ompa-pa as his brother, his commanding officer remarks: "When madam the Marquise your mother hears about this..."
The character Ompa-pa makes a cameo appearance in the 1976
Publication history
Goscinny and Uderzo met in 1951 and were seated next to each other at the Paris office of World Press, where they first began their collaboration, inventing the characters Ompa-pa, Jehan Pistolet and Luc Junior.
Goscinny and Uderzo ultimately decided to end the series early, in order to focus their energies on the more popular Asterix character.[4]
The series was published in English under the title Ompa-Pa in the UK in 1977–78, in a translation by Nicholas Fry.
Bibliography
Serialised stories
- Oumpah-pah le Peau-Rouge, 1958 (Oumpah-pah the Redskin)
- Oumpah-pah sur le sentier de la guerre, 1958 (Oumpah-pah on the Warpath)
- Oumpah-pah et les pirates, 1959 (Oumpah-pah and the Pirates)
- Mission secrète, 1960 (Secret Mission)
- Oumpah-pah contre Foie-Malade, 1962 (Oumpah-pah against Liver Sick)
Albums
(Les Éditions du Lombard, Brussels, published simultaneously in France by Dargaud Éditeur, Paris)
- Oumpah-pah le Peau-Rouge, including Oumpah-pah sur le sentier de la guerre (1961)
- Oumpah-pah et les pirates, including Mission secrète (1962)
- Oumpah-pah contre Foie-Malade (1967)
Reissues by Les Éditions Albert René
- Oumpah-Pah le Peau-Rouge, including an introduction and a reprint of the 1951 U.S. pilot (1995)
- Vol. 2, including Oumpah-Pah sur le sentier de la guerre and Oumpah-Pah et les pirates (1996)
- Vol. 3, including Mission secrète and Oumpah-pah contre Foie-Malade (1997)
English translation by Nicholas Fry (Egmont/Methuen, London)
- Ompa-Pa and Brother Two Scalp (1977)
- Ompa-Pa Saves the Day (1977)
- Ompa-Pa and the Pirates (1977)
- Ompa-Pa and the Secret Mission (1978)
- Ompa-Pa and the Prussians (1978)
Footnotes
- ^ Webster, Paul (December 14, 2003). "Astérix's creator sees off all rivals at Christmas". London: The Observer. Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Goscinny". Archived from the original on 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
- ^ Lagardère. "Release of the 33rd Asterix volume".
- ^ a b "Intervieuw de Astérix sur son grand frère Oumpah-Pah par Uderzo et Goscinny". Granck.free.fr. Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ^ Asterix International!. "Albert Uderzo". Archived from the original on 2004-12-08. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
- ^ BDoubliées. "Tintin année 1958" (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
Sources
- Oumpah-pah publications in Belgian Tintin Archived 2007-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, French Tintin Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine BDoubliées (in French)
- Oumpah-pah albums Bedetheque (in French)
External links
- Umpah-Pah on Yps Fanpage (in German)