Gaston is a gag-a-day comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou. The series focuses on the everyday life of Gaston Lagaffe, a lazy and accident-prone office junior. Gaston is very popular in large parts of Europe and has been translated into over a dozen languages, but except for a few pages by Fantagraphics in the early 1990s, there was no English translation until Cinebook began publishing English language editions of Gaston books in July, 2017.
André Franquin was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best known creations are Gaston and Marsupilami. He also produced the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1947 to 1969, a period seen by many as the series' golden age.
Marsu Productions, or simply Marsu, is a publishing house and licensing and merchandising company located in Monaco, managing Franco-Belgian comics characters and copyright concerns, chiefly from the comics universe of André Franquin. The name Marsu refers to one of Franquin's best known characters the Marsupilami, but the company also handles the character universes of Gaston Lagaffe, Le Petit Noël, Les Monstres, as well as François Walthéry's Natacha and Le P'tit bout d'chique, and Léonid et Spoutnika by Yann and Philippe Bercovici among others.
Noël, or Le Petit Noël, is the main character of an eponymous Belgian comics series, and a secondary character of Spirou et Fantasio. His name means "Christmas" in French. The series Noël was created in 1957 by André Franquin and Jidéhem and published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou, while Franquin created the following work alone or together with Will.
Des gaffes et des dégâts, written and drawn by Franquin, is the sixth album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series. The 59 strips of this album were previously published in Spirou magazine.
Un gaffeur sachant gaffer, written and drawn by Franquin, is the sixth album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series. The 59 strips of this album were previously published in Spirou magazine.
Lagaffe nous gâte, written and drawn by Franquin, is the eighth album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series. The 59 strips of this album were previously published in Spirou magazine.
Gaffe à Lagaffe!, written and drawn by Franquin, is the fifteenth album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series.
La saga des gaffes, written and drawn by Franquin, is the fifteenth album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series. It is made up of 44 strips previously published in Spirou.
Lagaffe mérite des baffes, written and drawn by Franquin, is the thirteenth album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series. It is made up of 46 strips previously published in Spirou.
Le gang des gaffeurs, written and drawn by Franquin, is the thirteenth album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series. It is composed of 46 strips previously published in Spirou. It was published in 1974 by Dupuis.
Le gang des gaffeurs, written and drawn by Franquin, is the eleven album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series. It is composed of 46 strips previously published in Spirou. It was published in 1973 by Dupuis.
Le géant de la gaffe, written and drawn by Franquin, is the tenth album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series. It is composed of 52 strips previously published in Spirou. It was published in 1972 by Dupuis.
Le cas Lagaffe, written and drawn by Franquin, is the ninth album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series. It is composed of 52 strips previously published in Spirou. It was published in 1971 by Dupuis.
Le lourd passé de Lagaffe, written and drawn by Franquin and Jidéhem, is an album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series, numbered R5. It is made up of 46 pages and was published by Dupuis. It consists of a series of one-strip gags.
En direct de la gaffe, written and drawn by Franquin and Delporte, is an album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series, numbered R4. It is made up of 44 pages and was published by Dupuis. It consists of a series of one-strip gags.
Gare aux gaffes du gars gonflé, written and drawn by Franquin and Jidéhem, is an album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series, numbered R3. It is made up of 52 pages and was published by Dupuis. It consists of a series of one-strip gags.
Le bureau des gaffes en gros, written and drawn by Franquin and Jidéhem, is an album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series, numbered R2. It is made up of 52 pages and was published by Dupuis. It consists of a series of one-strip gags.
Gala de gaffes à gogo, written and drawn by Franquin and Jidéhem, is an album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series, numbered R1. It is made up of 59 pages and was published by Dupuis. It consists of a series of one-strip gags.
Gaston 19, written and drawn by Franquin, is the last album of the Gaston Lagaffe series ever published. It was published in December 1999, after Franquin's death, by Marsu Productions. It has 44 pages.
