André Franquin
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André Franquin was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best-known creations are Gaston and Marsupilami. He also produced the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1946 to 1968, a period seen by
Franquin in 1979
Franquin's family home in Ixelles
Mural painting representing Gaston in the rue des Wallons in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
Replica of Gaston's car
Gaston (comics)
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Gaston is a Belgian gag-a-day comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou. The series, serving as a spin-off of the magazine's pri
André Franquin
…André Franquin (French: ; 3 January 1924 – 5 January 1997) was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best-known creations are Gaston and Marsupilami. He also produced the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1946 to 1968, a period seen by many as the series' golden age. Franquin was…
Gaston's very first (silent) appearance in 1957
Gaston's first Spirou et Fantasio appearance
Gaffophone in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi