Starter is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by André Franquin (drawings) and Jidéhem (drawings and scripts) in Spirou.
History
It originated in from a similarly titled periodical column about automobiles, written by Jacques Wauters in Spirou from 1952 on.[1] In 1956 André Franquin started illustrating these columns and drew a little mechanic named Starter.[2] One year later, his workload for the magazine had become massive, and he left the illustration work to Jidéhem, who had a notable talent for drawing automobiles. Jidéhem wrote and drew the column until 1978. Starter collected more than 700 episodes, full with beautiful technical drawings and technologically correct information.[3]
The column was originally just text, with a few illustrations. Eventually it evolved into an adventure comic around Starter the mechanic. One of the side characters, Sophie, was introduced in 1964 and would eventually receive her own spin-off named Sophie.[4]
Since, several books have been published with info and art from the Starter Columns.
Albums
Original series
- La Révolte des Autos (1959)
- Histoire de l'Automobile (1960)
- Starter Auto 1963 (1962)
- Starter contre les Casseurs (1983)
Collection series
- 60 Voitures des Années 60 (1990)
- 60 Sportives de Starter (1992)
- 60 Populaires de Starter (2013)
- 60 Chroniques Insolites (2014)
- 60 Voitures Historiques (2017)[5]
See also
References
- ^ "André Franquin - Lambiek Comiclopedia".
- ^ "André Franquin - Lambiek Comiclopedia".
- ^ "List of publications with Starter". BDoubliées (in French).
- ^ "Jidéhem (Jean de Mesmaeker) - Lambiek Comiclopedia".
- ^ "Starter - Tous les albums". bedetheque.com (in French). 11 November 2023.
Sources
- Jidéhem (1990). 60 voitures des années 60 (in French). La Sirène. ISBN 2884613633. JDM.
External links
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