Le gorille a bonne mine

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Spirou et Fantasio #11
Le gorille a bonne mine

Cover of the Belgian edition

Publisher	Dupuis
Date	1959
Series	Spirou et Fantasio

Creative team
Writer(s)	Franquin
Artist(s)	Franquin

Original publication
Published in	Le Journal de Spirou
Issue(s)	#944 - #966 #1023 - #1033
Date(s) of publication	1956 1957-1958
Language	French
ISBN	ISBN 2-8001-0013-3

Chronology
Preceded by	Les pirates du silence, 1958
Followed by	Le nid des Marsupilamis, 1960

Le gorille a bonne mine, written and drawn by Franquin, is the eleventh album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story and Vacances sans histoires, were first serial published in Le Journal de Spirou, before compiled together in a hardcover album in 1959.

1 Story
2 Background
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Story

In The Gorilla's in Good Shape, Spirou and Fantasio journey to Molomonga in central Africa, on a journalistic expedition to seek out the rare gorillas of Mount Kilimaki. In a setting of uneasy atmosphere amidst questionable characters and unlikely accidents, their efforts become increasingly difficult, justifying the suspicion that someone tries to prevent the reporters from reaching their goal.

In Vacations with no stories, the heroes take a road-trip south to the French riviera. This leads to an encounter with Ibn-Mah-Zoud, an abundantly wealthy sheik and allegedly the worst motorcar driver in the world, alone behind the wheel of a Turbotraction:Turbot-Rhino I.

[edit] Background

During the title story's original serial publication in Spirou, it was named Le gorille à mauvaise mine, but, after previously published La mauvaise tête, the hardcover album was renamed by editors who wanted to avoid establishing a trend of negative names (ie. The Bad Head, The Bad Expression).^[1]

With Vacances sans histoires, this album contains the second Spirou adventure cameo appearance of Gaston Lagaffe, although the first would be released in a later album, Le voyageur du Mésozoïque.^[2]

At the end of Vacances sans histoires, the Turbot 2 is revealed for the first time.