Ariol

This article is about a French comic. For the television series based on the comic, see Ariol (TV series). For a secret society of warriors in the Society Islands, see Areoi.

Ariol is a 1999 comic strip which originated in the French children's magazine J'aime lire . It is by Marc Boutavant (story) and Emmanuel Guibert (art).

The comic has been collected into seventeen volumes so far, eleven of which have been translated into English by Papercutz. ^[1] A French-Canadian series of animated shorts of the same title was also produced.

Characters

• Ariol, a donkey and the main character
• Ramono, a pig who is Ariol's best friend
• Mr. Blunt (French : Monsieur Le Blount), a dog who teaches Ariol's class
• Papi Atole
• Petula, a cow who is Ariol's love interest
• Mamie Asine
• Mamie Annette
• Bizbille, a fly who is in love with Ariol
• Timberwolf, a cat who is Ariol's rival
• Avoine, Ariol's father.
• Chevalier Cheval
• Mule, Ariol's Mother

Books

• Book 1: Just a Donkey Like You and Me, ISBN   978-1597073998, 19 February 2013
• Book 2: Thunder Horse, ISBN   978-1597074124, 4 June 2013
• Book 3: Happy as a Pig..., ISBN   978-1597074872, 10 December 2013
• Book 4: A Beautiful Cow, ISBN   978-1597075138, 6 May 2014
• Book 5: Bizzbilla Hits the Bullseye, ISBN   978-1597077354, 12 August 2014
• Book 6: A Nasty Cat, ISBN   978-1629911571, 10 February 2015
• Book 7: Top Dog, ISBN   978-1629912806, 5 January 2016
• Book 8: The Three Donkeys, ISBN   978-1629914398, 26 April 2016
• Book 9: The Teeth of the Rabbit, ISBN   978-1629916026, 29 November 2016
• Book 10: The Little Rats of the Opera, ISBN   978-1629917368, 27 June 2017

Un-numbered:

• Where's Petula?, ISBN   978-1629911861, 26 May 2015

Untranslated:

• Ariol Coffret Jeux Coucoule, ISBN   978-2747053303 ("Ariol Super Cool Game Kit")
• Le vaccin à réaction, ISBN   978-2747009508 ("The Vaccination Side Effect")
• La fête à la grenouille ("The Frog Party")
• Le coq sportif ("The Sporty Rooster")
• Le canard calé ("The Clever Duck")
• Ce nigaud d'agneau ("The Silly Lamb")

References

1. "Poesy guest-reviews the new Ariol book". Boing Boing . 27 June 2014. The latest volume of Ariol, a French kids' comic that Papercutz is bringing out in English.

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Ariol at Papercutz