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[brucegray666]

[Peter Singer]

I always knew bison was a rotten apple

[Steve Sensible]

I can't work out what the last one is...

[James Dodsworth]

#4 are Smurfs.

[Steve Sensible]

#4 are Smurfs.

Yeah, just got that. I thought maybe the last one was Tintin or Popeye, but I don't recognise the stripey things.

[Peter Singer]

it's Lucky Luke and the 4 brothers.

[Michael Stranger]

Yeah, just got that. I thought maybe the last one was Tintin or Popeye, but I don't recognise the stripey things.

Apparently it's Lucky Luke, according to George Takei's FB comments.

[Steve Sensible]

Oh.

Whooooo???

I may try and Photoshop a Scooby Doo one...

[James Dodsworth]

[Steve Sensible]

Your image doesn't seem to be working, James..

[Peter Singer]

[Michael Stranger]

Whenever we went to France as a kid, and we'd pop to a 'hypermarché' for groceries, I'd always check out the comic section and flick through Lucky Luke. Always loved the art but couldn't make head or tail of the dialogue. Same with the westerns (although I don't think I ever saw Blueberry). It's a crying shame that more French books aren't translated, because there seems to be a whole world of high quality books over there.

[James Dodsworth]

Your image doesn't seem to be working, James..

I re-uploaded it.

[Peter Singer]

It's a crying shame that more French books aren't translated, because there seems to be a whole world of high quality books over there.

It doesn't just seem so, the stuff is really good. It ranges all the way from funny stuff like Lucky Luke to very serious deep shit like Blueberry or Buddy Longway.
Not to mention Moebius' stuff.

[brucegray666]

Whenever we went to France as a kid, and we'd pop to a 'hypermarché' for groceries, I'd always check out the comic section and flick through Lucky Luke. Always loved the art but couldn't make head or tail of the dialogue. Same with the westerns (although I don't think I ever saw Blueberry). It's a crying shame that more French books aren't translated, because there seems to be a whole world of high quality books over there.

You might want to check out Cinebook's website - they specialise in translating French / Belgian comics for a English speaking audience. Lucky Luke is one of their many titles.

[Michael Stranger]

You might want to check out Cinebook's website - they specialise in translating French / Belgian comics for a English speaking audience. Lucky Luke is one of their many titles.

Cool, thanks! Are there any particular ones on there you'd recommend? My tastes are pretty broad, although I lean towards more realistic art than cartoony, by and large...

[brucegray666]

Cool, thanks! Are there any particular ones on there you'd recommend? My tastes are pretty broad, although I lean towards more realistic art than cartoony, by and large...

My two main purchases are XIII (assassination / conspiracy tale) and Thorgal (Vikings / fantasy). Valerian (sci fi) is pretty good too. Art is stunning through out all though. Ben (Obiwomble) reads alot of these too, I'm sure he's made recommendations in the tradewaiter thread.

[Peter Singer]

Cool, thanks! Are there any particular ones on there you'd recommend? My tastes are pretty broad, although I lean towards more realistic art than cartoony, by and large...

Also Largo Winch is a very good book.
And Van Hamme is iirc one of the best artists in that area.

[garjones]

I used to pass this place on my way to work whe I lived in Kuala Lumpur:

[brucegray666]