http://bdpif.com/patrimoine-illustre-francais.html
Here's what French kids were reading pre-war. Most of the strips are American and there's some lovely stuff in there. Comparisons to British comics of the period are interesting.
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French comics in the 1930's
Re: French comics in the 1930's
Very interesting, paw, thanks.
I think I've only found American strips* translated so far. Have you found any homegrown French ones in there?
*Reminds me that the new Segar Popeye volume from Fantagraphics is out any time.
I think I've only found American strips* translated so far. Have you found any homegrown French ones in there?
*Reminds me that the new Segar Popeye volume from Fantagraphics is out any time.
Re: French comics in the 1930's
Raven, sorry. I meant to reply sooner but my wife has manged to get bronchitis and I've caught some sort of lurgy, so it's been a horrible week.
There are a number of non American strips in these comics, e.g. in L'AS, the strip "Le Collier Fatal is, I think non-American and Bibi Frocotin certainly is. A while ago, I was looking for Bibi strips and discovered there is a pornographic version - in the same way that The Broons, Tintin and many others have been corrupted. Also "Les Exploits d'Yves Lavenais is French. Many of the strips are obvious, Don Winslow, Mandrake etc. There seem to be more instances of this in some titles than others and as for the text stories, I'm not familiar enough with Tarzan to say if they are translations or original European stories. Same with many other prose pieces.
L'Aventureux also has, what seem to me, to be a number of non American strips. I don't know enough about all this, yet, to be sure of many of them. Hopefully there are some experts on this site who can help. Apart from that, these comics are really good entertainment and I find more every time I click on the site.
As an aside, French publishers issued comics in the 40's, usually landscape format, which were unauthorised versions of American comics. E.g. Yordi was Superman - slightly altered uniform and new art; Capitaine X-13 was Blue Beetle - closer to the original. There are others but my head is full of cotton wool.
If anyone can shed more light on this, I'd love to have it.
There are a number of non American strips in these comics, e.g. in L'AS, the strip "Le Collier Fatal is, I think non-American and Bibi Frocotin certainly is. A while ago, I was looking for Bibi strips and discovered there is a pornographic version - in the same way that The Broons, Tintin and many others have been corrupted. Also "Les Exploits d'Yves Lavenais is French. Many of the strips are obvious, Don Winslow, Mandrake etc. There seem to be more instances of this in some titles than others and as for the text stories, I'm not familiar enough with Tarzan to say if they are translations or original European stories. Same with many other prose pieces.
L'Aventureux also has, what seem to me, to be a number of non American strips. I don't know enough about all this, yet, to be sure of many of them. Hopefully there are some experts on this site who can help. Apart from that, these comics are really good entertainment and I find more every time I click on the site.
As an aside, French publishers issued comics in the 40's, usually landscape format, which were unauthorised versions of American comics. E.g. Yordi was Superman - slightly altered uniform and new art; Capitaine X-13 was Blue Beetle - closer to the original. There are others but my head is full of cotton wool.
If anyone can shed more light on this, I'd love to have it.