The Blue Series

The Blue Series is the name of one of the series' of the Suske en Wiske books (Spike and Suzy in English), written by Willy Vandersteen.^[1] The Blue Series is shorter than the other two series - The Red Series and the "specials" - but is possibly the most popular.^[2] The Blue series is so called because the covers of the books were blue.^[3]

History of the series

In the 1950s, the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tintin had a good following in France and Wallonia (the French speaking part of Belgium). However, the sister publication Kuifje, aimed at the Dutch speaking part of Belgium, suffered in comparison. So they brought in a Dutch-speaking cartoonist - Willy Vandersteen. In Tintin, he created 6 stories from 1952 to 1957. Hergé taught Vandersteen to draw in the ligne claire style, so these 6 stories were Vandersteen's first works drawn in the ligne claire style. It was decided that when these stories were published as books they would have blue covers to distinguish them from the earlier books with red covers. When Vandersteen left the magazine, he continued his stories, but they were again released with red covers.^[4]

Bibliography

Het Spaanse spook (The Spanish Spook)
De bronzen sleutel (The Bronze Key)
De Tartaarse helm (The Tartar Helmet)
De schat van Beersel (The Treasure of Beersel)
Het geheim der gladiatoren (The Gladiators' Secret)
De gezanten van Mars (The Martian Ambassadors)
De groene splinter (The Green Splinter)

References

^ "Suske en Wiske - Blauwe reeks 1t/m 8 (Humo)". vlaamsstripcentrum.shop (in Dutch). 16 January 2020.
^ "De Blauwe Reeks". suskeenwiske.ophetwww.net (in Dutch). 27 November 2023.
^ "Suske en Wiske – De Blauwe Reeks 1 (integrale)". striptip.nl (in Dutch). 20 October 2022.
^ "Rode Reeks eerste druk". suskewiske.com (in Dutch). 27 November 2023.

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[1] "Suske en Wiske - Blauwe reeks 1t/m 8 (Humo)". vlaamsstripcentrum.shop (in Dutch). 16 January 2020.

[2] "De Blauwe Reeks". suskeenwiske.ophetwww.net (in Dutch). 27 November 2023.

[3] "Suske en Wiske – De Blauwe Reeks 1 (integrale)". striptip.nl (in Dutch). 20 October 2022.

[4] "Rode Reeks eerste druk". suskewiske.com (in Dutch). 27 November 2023.

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v t e Spike and Suzy by Willy Vandersteen
Artists	Willy Vandersteen Paul Geerts
Characters	Suske Wiske Lambik Tante Sidonia Jerom Professor Barabas Krimson Schanulleke
Spike and Suzy series	The Red Series The Blue Series List of Spike and Suzy books in English
Other Vandersteen series	Jerom Bessy De Rode Ridder De Geuzen

The Blue Series

History of the series

Bibliography

See also

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