Cubitus

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Cubitus
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Cubitus
Author(s) Dupa, Michel Rodrigue, Pierre Aucaigne
Illustrator(s) Dupa, Michel Rodrigue
Current status/scheduleRunning
Launch dateApril 16, 1968 in Tintin magazine
Publisher(s) Le Lombard
Genre(s) Humor comics, Gag cartoon
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Statue of Cubitus in Wavre

Cubitus is a Franco-Belgian comics series, and the basis for the Wowser cartoon series appearing in the United States. Cubitus was created by the Belgian cartoonist Dupa, and features Cubitus, a large anthropomorphic dog, who lives with his owner Semaphore. Cubitus is known as Dommel in Flanders and the Netherlands, Muppelo or Pom Pom in Finland, Teodoro in Italy, Zıpır in Turkey and Доммель in Russia. His name derives from the old anatomical name of the ulna bone, supposedly derived from the Greek kybiton (elbow).

Contents

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, Sémaphore, a retired sailor, next door to Sénéchal, the black and white cat who is Cubitus' nemesis.

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. Some of the single gag albums or short story compilations are thematic, with for instance in "Cubitus illustre ses ancêtres" revisiting history of humankind, "L'ami ne fait pas le moine" being pastiches of fellow authors from Tintin magazine or Les enquêtes de l'inspecteur Cubitus where he is a fictional police inspector.

Characters

Side characters

  • Manuel de Cotalos Y Mucho Gusto, the ghost of Semaphore's improbable Sidecar outfit' pannier.

Publication history

Cubitus first appeared in the Franco-Belgian 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 short-lived, 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.

Bibliography

Dupa albums

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German edition of Tu le fais exprès ou quoi? (1983)
  1. Du meilleur tonneau (1972)
  2. Un oscar pour Cubitus (1973)
  3. 3e service (1974)
  4. Tout en caressant Cubitus (1975)
  5. Chien sans souci (1976)
  6. Alerte au pédalosaure (1977)
  7. Cubitus illustre ses ancêtres (1977)
  8. La corrida des hippopotames casqués (1979)
  9. Pour les intimes (1980)
  10. Heureux qui, comme Cubitus (1981)
  11. Raconte-moi, Cubitus (1982)
  12. Tu le fais exprès ou quoi? (1983)
  13. L'ami ne fait pas le moine (1984)
  14. Cubitus et la boîte qui parle (1984)
  15. Cubitus, tu nous fais marcher (1985)
  16. Cubitus, chien fidèle (1986)
  17. Cubitus, pas de salades (1986)
  18. Cubitus, est-ce bien sérieux? (1987)
  19. Cubitus, quand tu nous tiens!... (1988)
  20. Cubitus, remets-nous ça (1989)
  21. Toujours avec deux sucres (1989)
  22. L'esprit égaré (1989)
  23. Les enquêtes de l'inspecteur Cubitus (1990)
  24. Cubitus, donne la belle papatte (1990)
  25. Tout ça c'est des histoires (1991)
  26. Cubitus, chien sans accroc (1991)
  27. Cubitus se met au vert (1992)
  28. Chat, ch'est du chien! (1992)
  29. Copain toutes catégories (1993)
  30. Cubitus fait toujours le beau (1993)
  31. Cubitus, au poil près (1994)
  32. Cubitus et les cumulus de Romulus (1994)
  33. Cubitus mon chien quotidien (1995)
  34. Un bouquet garni pour Cubitus (1996)
  35. Chien indispensable (1997)
  36. L'héritage du Pastaga (1998)
  37. Cubitus ne mord jamais (1999)
  38. Si tous les gags du monde... (2000)
  39. Cubitus, ça n'arrive qu'à toi!... (2001)
  40. Tu te la coules douce... (2002)

Les Nouvelles Aventures de Cubitus

  1. En avant toute !! (2005)
  2. Un chien peut en cacher un autre (2006)
  3. En haut de la vague ! (2007)
  4. Tous des héros ! (2008)
  5. La Truffe dans le Guidon! (2009)
  6. Mon chien à moi ! (2010)
  7. Le chat du radin (2012)
  8. La guerre des boulons (2013)
  9. L'école des chiens (2014)
  10. Cubitus a tout inventé ! (2015)
  11. Super-héros! (2016)
  12. Vu à la télé (2017)

Short films

In 1977, the strip was adapted into an animated short film by the Belgian studio Belvision, featuring the voices of André Gevrey, Georges Pradez and Guy Pion. It was broadcast on Radio-Québec's Ciné-cadeau on December 29, 1984 and January 1, 1986, and Télétoon in 2000. [5]

On November 28, 1984, the strip was adapted into three animated sequences on La bande à Bédé. [6] [5]

Anime

In 1988, the strip was adapted into a Japanese cartoon series named Don Don: Domeru to Ron, which was re-titled as Wowser for US audiences. Dubbed by Saban Entertainment, it is the only part of Cubitus that has been translated into English.

In 2011, there were plans to adapt the strip into a new 3D computer animated series. The series was produced by Ellipsanime and Storimages. [7] [8]

Impact

Sources

(in English)

See also

• Marcinelle school

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References

  1. ↑ BDoubliées. "Tintin année 1968" (in French).
  2. ↑ BDzoom. "Le dernier Cubitus paraîtra en février 2001" (in French).[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Dupa".
  4. ↑ Danslagueuleduloup.com. "Détails pour la Série Cubitus Magazine" (in French).
  5. 1 2 "Cubitus: le Gâteau d'Anniversaire". Planet Jeunesse. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  6. ↑ "La bande à Bédé". Les années récré. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Cubitus - ELLIPSANIME". 31 July 2010. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Matie, Seppe (January 9, 2011). "Bekende hond Dommel in 3D: Vroeger… en nu". Animatie. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Cubitus et Senechal - Timbres Autocollants".
  10. ↑ "EuroBD". Archived from the original on 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
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