In this complicated period where we all find ourselves confined to go around in circles, it is tempting to come out of old comic albums to plunge us back into a much more carefree era. sixty years ? An album from the Spirou newspaper dated 1960 (number 75)? We find Spirou, Gaston Lagaffe, Lucky Luke, Gil Jourdan, Tif & Tondu and dozens of other cult characters in the history of Franco-Belgian comics.
It is true that 60 years ago the kids were seriously bored: no smartphone, no internet, no game consoles, no computer, only one TV channel …
What a pain! If a youngster wanted to communicate with a comrade, he had to leave his house! Can you imagine the ordeal?
Fortunately the young people had illustrations to distract themselves.
If the Socialo-Communists bought Vaillant (then Pif Gadget) their children, the holy-water frogs bought Tintin or Spirou their children, two weeklies in which we saw church steeples bloom in the background and where censorship was always stake.
On this subject, Spirou's future editor-in-chief, Yvan Delporte, began his career by planing overly opulent chests (see thumbnail opposite).
Ok well I voluntarily enlarge the line, you know me I am always in the excess but in absolute terms, it is true that it was extremely framed.
This video is an opportunity to focus on Andr Franquin, two fingers of burnout at this time but also to see the arrival of a new comic character: Ran-Tan-Plan … Yep the dog West beast is already 60 years old!
I invite you to browse this album with me …
