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Le Lombard
Parent companyMédia-Participations (after 1986)
Founded1946
FounderRaymond Leblanc
André Sinave
Country of originBelgium
Headquarters locationBelgium
DistributionBelgium, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada
Fiction genresComic albums and magazines
Official websitewww.lelombard.com

Le Lombard (French pronunciation: [ləlɔ̃baʁ]), known as Les Éditions du Lombard (pronounced [lez‿edisjɔ̃dylɔ̃baʁ]) until 1989, is a Belgian comic book publisher established in 1946 when Tintin magazine was launched. Le Lombard is now part of Média-Participations, alongside publishers Dargaud and Dupuis, with each entity maintaining its editorial independence.[1]

History

Les Éditions du Lombard was established by Raymond Leblanc and his partners in 1946. Wanting to create an illustrated youth magazine, they decided that the already well-known Tintin would be the perfect hero. Business partner André Sinave went to see Tintin creator Hergé to propose creating the magazine. Hergé, who had worked for Le Soir during the war, was being prosecuted for having collaborated with the Germans and did not have a publisher at the time.[2] After consulting with his friend Edgar Pierre Jacobs, Hergé agreed. The first issue of Tintin magazine was published on 26 September 1946.[3] Simultaneously, a Dutch version was also published, entitled Kuifje (Kuifje being the name of Tintin in Dutch). 40,000 copies were printed in French, and 20,000 in Dutch.[2]

In 1986, Le Lombard was acquired by Média-Participations, and today publishes around one hundred titles annually. More recently, in 2015, Le Lombard joined with twelve other European comics publishing actors to create Europe Comics, a digital initiative co-funded by the European Commission's Creative Europe program.[4]

Notable titles

Comics series

This is a selected list of comics series, ordered by year of first publication by Le Lombard, with main authors given. A few series were also continued or temporarily taken over by other artists and writers.[5]

Books

References

  1. ^ "LE ROMBARD". stripinfo.be (in Dutch). 12 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Horsten, Toon (December 2006). "De 9 levens van Raymond Leblanc". Stripgids (in Dutch). 2 (2): 10–19.
  3. ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Tintin comic magazine".
  4. ^ "Creative Europe Project Results: Europe Comics". Creative Europe. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Le Lombard, een familiezaak". visit.brussels (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 October 2023.

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