Spirou (comics)

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Comics character

Spirou

Spirou as drawn by Robert Velter in the late 1930s

Publication information
Publisher| Dupuis (Belgium)
First appearance| Spirou #1
(April 24th, 1938)
Created by| Robert Velter
In-story information
Alter ego| Le Petit Spirou
Team affiliations| Staff of Journal de Spirou, Fantasio, Spip, Marsupilami, Gaston Lagaffe

Spirou (Walloon pronunciation: [spiˈʀu], Walloon pronunciation: [spiˈʀøː]; French: [spiʁu]; Walloon for "squirrel", "mischievous"; Dutch: Robbedoes) is a Belgian comic strip character and protagonist in the comic strip series Spirou & Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou, and the eponymous character of the Belgian comic strip magazine Spirou.

## History

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The character was originally created by Robert Velter (Rob-Vel) for the launch of Le journal de Spirou (Spirou magazine) in 1938.[1] Spirou was originally an elevator operator and bell-boy at the fictional Moustique Hotel. At some point he became a reporter for the eponymous magazine, though he remained dressed in his trademark red uniform.

Spirou's design was changed through the years by the various writers and artists who created his adventures but he has kept his spiky red-hair and clothes of the same colour even after ditching his hotel uniform.

## Character

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Spirou and Spip greet travelers on the esplanade of Charleroi-South railway station.

In contrast to Tintin, Spirou is more frequently shown doing some reporting in several of his adventures. While he and reporter colleague Fantasio occasionally pursue stories, in most cases they simply find themselves in the centre of adventures. An honest and brave young man of indeterminate age, he tries to fight injustice around him and help people. He is usually more level-headed than Fantasio, who always accompanies him, along with the pet squirrel Spip, and during the period of Franquin authorship, the Marsupilami.

## Spin-off

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A six-year-old version of Spirou is the star of the spin-off series Le Petit Spirou, which is concerned with his tribulations at school and the anatomy of girls. This later series and its star are generally acknowledged to have little in common with the old one.

In 2018 a theme park in Monteux, Parc Spirou [fr], inspired by this character, was opened.[2]

## In popular culture

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Spirou is part of the Comic Book Route and can be found at Place Sainctelette in Brussels.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Robert Velter".
2. ^ Mitoyen, Juliette (2018-07-06). "Le Parc Spirou peut mieux faire". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-01.
3. ^ Spirou at Place Sainctelette

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Spirou & Fantasio

Comic albums|

| Jijé (1948)|

* Spirou et l'aventure

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André Franquin (1948-1968)|

* Spirou et Fantasio
* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio
* Il y a un sorcier à Champignac
* Les chapeaux noirs
* Spirou et les héritiers
* Les voleurs du Marsupilami
* La corne de rhinocéros
* Le dictateur et le champignon
* La mauvaise tête
* Le repaire de la murène
* Les pirates du silence
* Le gorille a bonne mine
* Le nid des Marsupilamis
* Le voyageur du Mésozoïque
* Le prisonnier du Bouddha
* Z comme Zorglub
* L'ombre du Z
* Spirou et les hommes-bulles
* QRN sur Bretzelburg
* Panade à Champignac
* Tembo Tabou

Jean-Claude Fournier (1970-1980)|

* Le faiseur d'or
* Du glucose pour Noémie
* L'abbaye truquée
* Tora Torapa
* Le gri-gri du Niokolo-Koba
* Du cidre pour les étoiles
* L'Ankou
* Kodo le tyran
* Des haricots partout

Nic & Cauvin (1983-1984)|

* La ceinture du grand froid
* La boîte noire
* Les faiseurs de silence

Tome & Janry (1984-1998)|

* Virus
* Aventure en Australie
* Qui arrêtera Cyanure?
* L'horloger de la comète
* Le réveil du Z
* La jeunesse de Spirou
* Spirou à New York
* La frousse aux trousses
* La vallée des bannis
* Spirou à Moscou
* Vito la Déveine

Characters|

* Spirou
* Fantasio
* Spip
* Marsupilami
* Seccotine
* Le Petit Noël
* Gaston Lagaffe
* Zorglub
* Zantafio

Related|

* Robert Velter
* Le Petit Spirou
* Spirou (magazine)
* Video game
* TV series (2006-2009)

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André Franquin

Series|

* Spirou et Fantasio
* Starter
* Gaston Lagaffe
* Marsupilami
* Idées noires
* Le Petit Noël
* Modeste et Pompon
* Isabelle

Spirou et Fantasio characters|

* Fantasio
* Gaston Lagaffe
* Marsupilami
* Le Petit Noël
* Seccotine
* Spip
* Spirou
* Zantafio
* Zorglub

Spirou and Fantasio albums|

* Spirou et Fantasio
* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio
* Il y a un sorcier à Champignac
* Les chapeaux noirs
* Spirou et les héritiers
* Les voleurs du Marsupilami
* La corne de rhinocéros
* Le dictateur et le champignon
* La mauvaise tête
* Le repaire de la murène
* Les pirates du silence
* Le gorille a bonne mine
* Le nid des Marsupilamis
* Le voyageur du Mésozoïque
* Le prisonnier du Bouddha
* Z comme Zorglub
* L'ombre du Z
* Spirou et les hommes-bulles
* QRN sur Bretzelburg
* Panade à Champignac
* Tembo Tabou

Gaston Lagaffe albums|

* Gaffes et gadgets
* Gala de gaffes à gogo
* Le bureau des gaffes en gros
* Gare aux gaffes du gars gonflé
* En direct de la gaffe
* Le lourd passé de Lagaffe
* Des gaffes et des dégâts
* Un gaffeur sachant gaffer
* Lagaffe nous gâte
* Le cas Lagaffe
* Le géant de la gaffe
* Gaffes, bévues et boulettes
* Le gang des gaffeurs
* Lagaffe mérite des baffes
* La saga des gaffes
* Gaffe à Lagaffe !
* Gaston 19

Marsupilami albums|

* Capturez un Marsupilami
* La Queue du Marsupilami

Other albums|

* Idées noires

Collaborators|

* Delporte
* Jidéhem
* Greg
* Goscinny
* Roba

Publishing houses|

* Dupuis
* Marsu Productions

Magazines|

* Spirou
* Tintin

Other|

* Champignac

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* 2
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Israel

Other|

* IdRef
* Yale LUX

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