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Among European comics, comic book series made primarily in France and Belgium—also known as '''BD''', from their French name ''bande dessinée'' ("drawn strip") -- are a <s>big</s> huge industry by themselves (3rd largest in the world, after U.S. [[Comic Books]] and Japanese [[Manga]]) and have produced many great classics. They are also quite distinct from their American and Japanese counterparts (though cultural co-mingling has reduced those a bit, especially concerning manga; their extremely high popularity since the early 90's has forced the industry to adapt a bit to survive). |
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First, the mainstream and intellectual perception of the medium is in stark contrast to that of the U.S.; in Europe, comics are called "le Neuvième Art", the Ninth Art. The influence of French-language comics in Europe has spread this concept to other national comics industries, such as those of Great Britain, Spain and Italy (and South America, to a lesser degree), to a noticeable extent. The lack of any truly constraining [[Comics Code]] or puritan [[Moral Guardians]]-enforced laws allowed creators and publishers to use more mature themes and concepts in their works, and to later move away from purely children's stories to more adult-oriented works in the [[The Sixties]] virtually seamlessly (the fact that it was a more permissive time than [[The Fifties]] probably helped). While youth-oriented comics are still a major part of the industry, many are perennial [[Long Runners]] and/or are rife with [[Parental Bonus]], and there is little to no social stigma attached to being a fan or a collector. |
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The publishing methods and format is distinct from that in the U.S. Volumes, called "albums", are usually at A4 size (21 cm x 30 cm, slightly larger than "letter-sized" 8.5'' x 11'' paper, give or take), hardbound and normally between 40 and 60 pages long. New albums in a series typically appear at a rate of one per year. Really prolific series can go up to three or four albums a year. However, it isn't unheard of for some authors (especially those who are prone to a [[Cast of Snowflakes]] and/or [[Scenery Porn]]) to need several years for a new album. This rarely seems to put off fans of a series. |
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Like manga, many titles are first pre-published piece by piece in the publisher's [[Anthology Comic|comics magazine]], mostly those aimed at children and teens. In those, one-page funnies blur the lines between comicbooks and [[Newspaper Comics]]. |
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See also [[Belgian Comics]], comics strictly made in Belgium. |
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== French-Belgian comic book series == |
== French-Belgian comic book series == |
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French-Belgian comic book series
- Achille Talon
- Albany and Sturgess
- Alix
- Anselme Lanturlu
- Asterix
- Barbe Rouge
- Benoit Brisefer
- Billy the Cat
- Black Moon Chronicles
- Blacksad
- Blake and Mortimer
- Blueberry
- The Bluecoats (Les Tuniques Bleues)
- Boule et Bill
- La Brigade Chimerique
- Buck Danny
- Corto Maltese
- Cubitus
- De Cape et de Crocs
- Dreamland
- Five series set in the Dungeon Universe:
- Dungeon: The Early Years (Donjon Potron-minet)
- Dungeon Zenith (Donjon Zénith)
- Dungeon Twilight (Donjon Crépuscule)
- Dungeon Parade (Donjon Parade)
- Dungeon Monstres (Donjon Monsters)
- Les Femmes en Blanc
- Freak's Squeele
- Garulfo
- Gaston Lagaffe
- Le Génie des alpages
- Gil Jourdan
- Idées noires
- Les Innommables
- Inspector Canardo
- Iznogoud
- Jeremiah
- Johan and Peewit
- Jommeke
- Jour J
- Kid Paddle
- Lanfeust
- Largo Winch
- Léonard
- Lou!
- Lucky Luke
- Les Lumieres De L Amalou
- Marsupilami
- Four series set in Metabarons Universe:
- The Incal
- Before the Incal (Avant l'Incal)
- After the Incal (Après l'Incal)
- The Metabarons
- The Technopriests
- Megalex
- The Incal
- Les Mondes D Aldebaran
- Monsieur Jean
- Natacha
- Les Naufrages D Ythaq
- Orphanimo
- Où le regard ne porte pas...
- Okko
- Persepolis
- Philemon
- Quaid Orsay
- Rahan
- Requiem Chevalier Vampire
- Le Roi Cyclope
- Roxanna & The Quest for the Time-Bird or The Quest for the Time Bird (La Quête de l'Oiseau du Temps)
- Sasmira
- The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs)
- Le Scorpion
- The Scrameustache
- The Secret History
- Sentai School
- Sillage
- Sky Doll
- Soda
- Spirou and Fantasio
- Suske en Wiske
- Thorgal
- Tif et Tondu
- Tintin
- Titeuf
- Tramp
- Valérian and Laureline
- Wake (Sillage)
- Universal War One
- Venezia
- XIII
- Yoko Tsuno
Franco-Belgian comic creators
- David B
- Enki Bilal
- Christophe Blain
- Fred Beltran
- Frédéric Boilet
- Francois Bourgeon
- Claire Bretecher
- Yves Chaland
- Yvan Delporte
- Philippe Druillet
- Jean Dufaux
- Andre Franquin
- François Marcela-Froideval
- Rene Goscinny
- Gotlib
- Greg
- Hergé
- Alejandro Jodorowski (Chilean)
- Manu Larcenet
- Regis Loisel
- Raymond Macherot
- Moebius
- Hugo Pratt (Italian)
- Joann Sfar
- Jacques Tardi
- Maurice Tillieux
- Lewis Trondheim
Other things
- While not exactly French nor Belgian, the webcomic Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan is from this area (IIRC, it's Dutch).[please verify]
- Mortadelo Y Filemon is Spanish with Franco-Belgian influences (at least in the earliest years), most notably André Franquin.