Starter (comics)

Starter

Publication information
Publisher| Dupuis
Genre| Humor
Publication date| 1952
Main character(s)| Starter
Pipette
Creative team
Created by| André Franquin
Jidéhem
Written by| Jidéhem
Artist(s)| Jidéhem

Starter is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by André Franquin (drawings) and Jidéhem (drawings and scripts) in Spirou.

## History

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It originated in from a similarly titled periodical column about automobiles, written by Jacques Wauters in Spirou from 1952 on.[1] In 1956 André Franquin started illustrating these columns and drew a little mechanic named Starter.[2] One year later, his workload for the magazine had become massive, and he left the illustration work to Jidéhem, who had a notable talent for drawing automobiles. Jidéhem wrote and drew the column until 1978. Starter collected more than 700 episodes, full with beautiful technical drawings and technologically correct information.[3]

The column was originally just text, with a few illustrations. Eventually it evolved into an adventure comic around Starter the mechanic. One of the side characters, Sophie, was introduced in 1964 and would eventually receive her own spin-off named Sophie.[4]

Since, several books have been published with info and art from the Starter Columns.

## Albums

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### Original series

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1. La Révolte des Autos (1959)
2. Histoire de l'Automobile (1960)
3. Starter Auto 1963 (1962)
4. Starter contre les Casseurs (1983)

### Collection series

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1. 60 Voitures des Années 60 (1990)
2. 60 Sportives de Starter (1992)
3. 60 Populaires de Starter (2013)
4. 60 Chroniques Insolites (2014)
5. 60 Voitures Historiques (2017)[5]

## See also

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* Marcinelle school

## References

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1. ^ "André Franquin - Lambiek Comiclopedia".
2. ^ "André Franquin - Lambiek Comiclopedia".
3. ^ "List of publications with Starter". BDoubliées (in French).
4. ^ "Jidéhem (Jean de Mesmaeker) - Lambiek Comiclopedia".
5. ^ "Starter - Tous les albums". bedetheque.com (in French). 11 November 2023.

## Sources

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* Jidéhem (1990). 60 voitures des années 60 (in French). La Sirène. ISBN 2884613633. JDM.

## External links

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* List of stories in bédéthèque

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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

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