Cubitus

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This is about the comics series and its fictional dog character; for the fore-limb joint, see elbow.

Cubitus is a Franco-Belgian comics series, and the inspiration for the Wowser cartoon series appearing in the United States. Cubitus was created by the cartoonist Dupa, and features Cubitus, a large anthropomorphic dog, who lives with his owner Semaphore. The strip has been adapted to a Japanese cartoon series named Don Don Romeru to Ron, which is re-titled as Wowser for American audiences.[1]

Contents 1 Synopsis 1.1 Characters 2 Publication history 3 Bibliography 3.1 Dupa albums 3.2 Les Nouvelles Aventures de Cubitus 4 Sources 5 External links

[edit] Synopsis

The series tells the story of Cubitus, a good-natured large, white dog endowed with speech. He lives in a house in the suburbs with his master, Semaphore, a retired sailor, next door to Seneshal, the black cat who is instinctually Cubitus' enemy.

A vast majority of the album publications collect single page gags, but a few gather collections of shorter stories or, in rare cases, one long story throughout the entire album.

[edit] Characters

• Cubitus: Hero of the series, he is a white dog with a large belly, a black snout and yellow tail. Initially a dog with hair covering the eyes, Cubitus ended up becoming still more anthropomorphic. Nearly entirely human in behaviour, he walks on two legs, has hands instead of paws, and is able to perform any human action, although he retains his canine love of bones.
• Semaphore: A retired sailor who is the "Master" of Cubitus, even if sometimes the relationship of master and dog can be reversed. In the series, Semaphore's role is mainly to create inventions that are intended to be functional and aid his friends, but in the end lead to trouble.
• Seneshal: A black cat, close neighbour and Cubitus' worst natural enemy. In longer stories the character may be Cubitus' friend, inexplicably.
• Ventenpoupe: an old friend of Semaphore, and a swindler.

[edit] Publication history

Cubitus first appeared in the comics magazine Tintin on April 16, 1968.^[1] The series gained immediate popularity, and began album publication in 1972.^[2] After several years of gags and album publications, it became the title strip for a magazine of its own.^[3] The first publication of Cubitus was published by Le Lombard in December 1989, though it proved shortlived, lasting only six issues.^[4]

In 2005, the series was relaunched by Pierre Aucaigne (scenarist), and Michel Rodrigue (artist) under the title Les nouvelles aventures de Cubitus.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Dupa albums

1. Du meilleur tonneau
2. Cubitus illustre ses ancêtres
3. Un oscar pour Cubitus
4. La corrida des hippopotames casqués
5. Pour les intimes
6. Heureux qui, comme Cubitus
7. Raconte-moi, Cubitus
8. Tu le fais exprès ou quoi?
9. L'ami ne fait pas le moine
10. Cubitus et la boîte qui parle
11. Chien sans soucis
12. Cubitus, tu nous fais marcher
13. Cubitus, chien fidèle
14. Cubitus, pas de salades
15. Cubitus, est-ce bien sérieux?
16. Alerte au pédalosaure
17. Cubitus, quand tu nous tiens!...
18. Tout en caressant Cubitus
19. Cubitus, remets-nous ça
20. Toujours avec deux sucres
21. L'esprit égaré
22. Les enquêtes de l'inspecteur Cubitus
23. Cubitus, donne la belle papatte
24. Tout ça c'est des histoires
25. Cubitus, chien sans accroc
26. Cubitus se met au vert
27. Chat, ch'est du chien!
28. Copain toutes catégories
29. Cubitus fait toujours le beau
30. Cubitus, au au poil près
31. Cubitus et les cumulus de Romulus
32. Cubitus mon chien quotidien
33. Un bouquet gardin pour Cubitus
34. Chien indispensable
35. L'héritage du Pastaga
36. Cubitus ne mord jamais
37. Si tous les gags du monde...
38. Cubitus, ça n'arrive qu'à toi!...
39. Tu te la coules douce...

[edit] Les Nouvelles Aventures de Cubitus

1. En avant toute!
2. Un chien peut en cacher un autre
3. En haut de la vague

[edit] Sources

Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Cubitus on Le Lombard (French)
• Cubitus fan site (German)