Bande dessinée
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Bandes dessinées, abbreviated BDs and also referred to as Franco-Belgian comics, are comics that are usually originally in French and created for readership in France and Belgium. These countries have a long tradition in comics, separate from that of English-language comics. Belgium is a mostly bilingual country, and comics originally in Dutch are culturally a part of the world of bandes dessinées, even if the translation from French to Dutch far outweighs the other direction.
Close Hergé collaborator and magazine contributor Bob de Moor
Comics artist Mœbius (2008), who achieved international renown through Métal Hurlant
Image: Albert Uderzo
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 many as the series' golden age.
Franquin in 1979
Franquin's family home in Ixelles
Some of the main characters of Spirou & Fantasio, are from Franquin's album Le gorille a bonne mine (1959). From left to right: the Marsupilami, Spirou, Fantasio, and the squirrel Spip.
Mural painting representing Gaston in the rue des Wallons in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)