The Hoodoodad (Pichenettes) | |
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Date | 1996 |
Series | Les formidables aventures de Lapinot |
Publisher | Dargaud |
Creative team | |
Writers | Lewis Trondheim |
Artists | Lewis Trondheim |
Original publication | |
Language | French |
Translation | |
Date | 1998 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Blacktown , 1995 |
Followed by | Walter , 1996 |
Pichenettes is a comic strip in the series The Spiffy Adventures of McConey (Les formidables aventures de Lapinot), by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. It was first released in 1996 as volume 2 in the series.
An English translation, titled The Hoodoodad, was released in 1998.
This volume is often regarded by fans as one of the funniest and strongest entries in the series, and it contains several of Richard's most popular quotes.
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