Idées noires
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| Idées Noires | |
 Cover of Idées noires l'integrale |
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| Publisher | Fluide Glacial |
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| 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, although a dark touch occasionally surfaced in other later work such as the Gaston Lagaffe strip for Amnesty International (published in Cauchemarrants, 1979).[2][3]
[edit] Publications
- Idées noires (1981)
- Idées noires 2 (1984, half-page (21.8x15cm) publication)
- Idées noires, l'integrale (2001, complete collection)
[edit] Sources
- Idées noires publications in Spirou and Fluide Glacial BDoubliées (French)
- Idées noires album publications Bedetheque (French)
Footnotes
- ^ franquin.com. Franquin-une vie-1977.(French)
- ^ The World of Franquin. The anarchist as poet.
- ^ André Franquin, lagaffemegate.free.fr. Les Combats de Gaston (French).
[edit] External links
- Idées noires on Franquin.com (French)
- Idées noires site (French)
