Idées noires

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Idées Noires

Cover of Idées noires l'integrale

Publisher	Fluide Glacial
Date	1981, 1984

Creative team
Writer(s)	Franquin and Yvan Delporte
Artist(s)	Franquin with Jean Roba

Original publication
Published in	Le Trombone illustré in Le Journal de Spirou
Issue(s)	#2031 - #2035, #2037 - #2040, #2049, #2057, #2061
Date(s) of publication	1977
Language	French
ISBN	ISBN 978-2858152957 Idées noires l'integrale

Idées noires is a collection of black comedy comic strips drawn by André Franquin, written by Franquin and Yvan Delporte. The one-page stories first appeared frequently in 1977, in the brief run of the Spirou supplement, Le Trombone illustré. After this initiative was cancelled, Idées noires resumed publication in the magazine Fluide Glacial, upon Gotlib's suggestion, where it remained a fixture until 1983.^[1] The first album was published in 1981, and a sequel in half-page format was published in 1984.

As the title Black Ideas might suggest, these stories explore depressive and horrific fantasies, all drawn with dramatic use of black on white. Suicide, execution, industrial recklessness, ecological disaster and hunting accidents are some of the themes darkly illustrated in this body of work. The series contrasts sharply with Franquin's other comic strips such as Gaston Lagaffe, Spirou et Fantasio and the Marsupilami.