Great video! I would like to add one very populair European comic called 'Gomer Goof' (Gaston) by Franquin. Its a 'gag' comic with one page stories, super funny and really highly recommended.
Hello there and thanks for yet another vote for Gaston, a comic that I guess I should really check out now, given the enthusiastic recommendations of so many!
Yes! Gaston Lagaffe in the original French version. It is brilliant. Franquin was one of the greats together with Goscinny, Hergé and Morris (although I am an absolute fan of the first two and not so much of the 2 last ones).
This is an excellent and very diligent list you've assembled. As an American comics retailer, I confess having some difficulty in making all-ages recommendations that I genuinely support, but I feel this list will be quite useful in assisting me in the future. Some further titles I would include to coincide with your choices are Castle In The Stars (and maybe Siegfried) by Alex Alice, Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama, Drifting Dragons by Taku Kuwabara and, you know what, I'd also include Tom Strong by Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse. By the way, I have recommended Hellboy to customers as young as 10 years old and they seemed to really enjoy it.
Thank you so much - coming from a professional 'recommender' this means a lot to me! Coincidentally I recently got Castle in the Stars (Siegfried seems near impossible to get my hands on) and am looking forward to diving into it. If you haven't seen these, perhaps check out my videos 'Top 10 Gateway Comics' th-cam.com/video/dYe4MG-OrO8/w-d-xo.html and 'Best Comics for Young Readers' th-cam.com/video/583k41sYsTk/w-d-xo.html ? They're a few years old, but I still think highly of those books mentioned there. And thank you for confirming that younger readers can enjoy Hellboy. I didn't see why not! 😁
Excellent list (but Asterix can't be in there, give me a substitute! 😁). I've found Blueberry and to a certain extent Thorgal to be very hard to come by in English, which is the main reason I couldn't put them here (or read more than fragments myself). Hopefully that changes one day soon!
@@ftloc Blueberry indeed is difficult to find in english. But Thorgal isn't. You can get them by Cinebook editions. A replacement of Asterix would be The Bluecoats by Cauvin.
@@jeemutbbahanroy I was only able to find Vol 1, which I enjoyed, but none other than vol 17 is available here. I just I'm going to skip 16 volumes for now...😁
Great video - again🤘🏻Your view of Carl Barks stories` similarities to Tintin and Asterix was interesting. I never looked at them like that but I have to agree. I have all Barks and Rosa stories in hardcover collected editions. Don Rosa fandom here in Finland is - according to his own words - bigger than anywhere else. In fact he made a Scrooge story based on our National Epic Kalevala(The Quest for Kalevala) as a thank you.😁 Then I have to thank you personally. Your channel and enthusiasm was a major influence that made start my own channel😊
Thank you so much, and wonderful to get to know about your channel! I checked out your first video, on Orbital - mentioned elsewhere in these very comments! - and have immediately subscribed! Keep up the great work!
@@ftloc Thanks! I´m still learning the ropes:) I saw your comment somewhere that Valerian didn´t work for you. I understand it perfectly. It had the golden moments in the middle of its life during the original run. However Orbital is the fix! It is how Valerian would be done today. Also check out Valerian: Shingouzlooz inc. Different writer and artist. It´s a massive update and graphics are amazing.
Thank you for your great videos...iam from lebanon..you reminded me of my collection of tin tin and asterix when i was 17 years old , unfortunately my collection was stolen from our house since we escape it then due to war...i was collecting these two comic books for 6 years...unfortunately due to many circumstances i couldnt recollect them again...tin tin and asterix represent to me my happy childhood before the sadness of war come into my life...thx again for sharing the love of great comics
Thank you for sharing that very personal and moving experience. I cannot even imagine how hard it must have all been. I hope one day you are able to have a new collection in some form, or have these and other books nearby and easy to read!
Great session. Came to know about quite a few new ones that I am not yet exposed to. Surely will try some of them. Was very happy to see The Bluecoats and the Smurfs feature on the list. Some others I am having a go at are Clifton by Turk and de Groot, and Yoko Tsuno by Roger Leloup (ex studio Herge, who did most of the airplane art in Flight 714).
Thank you so much and and thank for the suggestions too! That's at least three people recommending Clifton as well as Yoko Tsuno, so right up to the list they go!
My top ten comics: Lucky Luke by Goscinny and Morris, Gaston by Andre Franquin, Spirou by different creators and the young Spirou by Tome and Janrry. Yoko Tsuno by Roger Leloup, Barelli by Bob de Moor, Blake and Mortimer by Edgar P Jacobs and these three were all former assistants to Herge. Iznogood by Goscinny and Tabary Om-papa by Goscinny and Uderzo and Clifton by Turk and de Groot..
Excellent, thank you! As I mention here, this whole list, and a longer one, could easily have been made up of just contemporaries of or other works by those involved with Tintin and Asterix. I look forward to uncovering them all, and returning to this topic soon! Cheers!
I hold my hands up that I know very little about Tintin and Asterix, but I was recently reading the first two Hilda stories by Luke Pearson and I think that it had some of the same sensibilities about it; adventure, exploration, and suitable for all ages. It's probably a bit more simplistic in terms of the amount of text and the complexity of the stories, but I really did enjoy them.
Pearson;s Hilda is simply wonderful. I left out another caveat in this video : in that I tried to avoid repeating any of the books in my Top 10 Gateway Comics and my Best Comics for Young Readers videos, which could all be great candidates for this list. Since I wax eloquent about Hilda in the latter, I avoided mentioning the series here, although it is absolutely worthwhile. I did also cheat with Uncle Scrooge, so more cheats after Bone and Usagi also got mentions would have been very undisciplined, even for me! 😁
Been catching up on some of your latest livestreams (which are great, of course), and what you said about the Spirou comics caught my attention. The very same thing happens to me when I try to read Tintin, it's just missing that little thing (probably nostalgia) that makes me love Spirou (particularly the Franquin stories). Btw, Spirou, Gil Jourdan, the Bluecoats, the Smurfs, the Duck comics... those bring up some memories!
I need to find more Bluecoats! And definitely, a lot of childhood reads can be very differently examined without the lens of nostalgia. There's also the critical faculties that change over time, so we remember the effect but not the process, in some ways. An endlessly fascinating topic for me! 😁
Revisiting this, I’d like to recommend some manga if you want to get into manga and you are a fan of tintin/asterix Fullmetal Alchemist - I found this to be very Tintin esque, travel, adventure, mystery, colourful cast, politics. Add some supernatural elements to take it for a spin. The animated series is just as good and the coloring in the show makes it very similar to clear line Vinland Saga - This is a pretty serious story, however it’s alternate history about vikings with travel and adventure. It also feels very european. Nichijou - This is something i recommend to anyone, this isn’t similar to asterix or tintin but if you want some slapstick similar to quick and flupke but way better in terms of hit rate and contemporary jokes, it doesn’t get better than Nichijou. While the art is still manga esque, it is still cartoony and doesn’t feel too different from what you are used to.
Great video! thanks for sharing your recommendations. I'd add Maurice Tilleux's Tif & Tondu, and Yves Chaland's Freddy Lombard. I don't know if they've been translated to English. For Spanish speakers we have the fourtune that editorials from Spain have translated the majority of the best Franco Belgian comics. Much love from Mexico! Side question - do you have a community in Discord? I'd love to be part of it.
So glad to make your acquaintance, and thanks for the reccos! I'm always looking out for new translations, and then they have to become available here... And yes, here's the link to joining the Friends of FtLoC Discord, if you haven't found it yet: discord.com/invite/jCJ5yRN
I got the M Tillieux book today (10 thousand years in hell). Really loved the story and the art work. Hope there are more English translations of his albums. Thanks a lot for bringing this gem to notice through your channel
I'd really like to see more as well! Such an interesting blend of art style and plot, isn't it? So glad you enjoyed the video and found this book! Cheers!
Definitely Lucky Luke for me. The older ones are a product of their time and should be read as such, but so is Asterix. More recent releases like ‘A Cowboy in High Cotton’ are very much appropriate nowadays.
I completely agree and I even think evolution like his cigarette being replaced with a straw in later stories are changes that really work! I'm very excited for the new stories, is the one you mention by Matthieu Bonhomme?
@@ftloc No, that one was by Jul. I hadn’t even seen the ones by Matthieu Bonhomme. Thanks for pointing my in that direction. I have to check those out.
It's delightful to see you again my friend on your brand new channel, I hope you remember me ! I feel the need to apologize for my rather abrupt disappearence last year, all I can say is I had other things on my mind and I seem to have lost my focus on thinking and talking about comics and movies, audiovisual entertainment in general.. I will have to make up for this somehow, maybe by keeping a promise or two ! :) Anyway, I didn't have the chance to catch your ninth art rumbling live, I'll have to get back to you with another comment, again, it's great to see you back !
It has been a long time; I'm thrilled to see you back! I haven't gone anywhere, and this is the same channel, but perhaps my greying beard is giving everything a new look? 😁
@@ftloc I don't see much grey in your beard my friend, and grey is good, it only provides wisdom and a clear, precise point of view on things, at least where you're concerned. I am currently hooked on my old classic Fantastic Four collection with special moments of Franco-Belgian bliss before I go to sleep at night (Lucky Luke, Blueberry and Benny Breakiron among others). The Smurfs are a childhood favorite, I agree, I'd rather read them than watch them for the reasons you mentioned. Lately I compare translations again while reading and I am almost always disappointed. I would recommend to you Scarpa's Scrooge McDuck if you're interested, I don't think you would like him more than Carl Barks but in my opinion he is the best of Disney's Italian School of creators. I'd send you a copy in English if I could, I would love to see your video review about it but if it never happens I can understand, there are other priorities to flip through. So many comics, so little time my friend.. I can easily sacrifice a good movie over a beloved comic book.. I hope I'll catch your next live.. I look forward to watching it..
To my favourite booktuber! What about Valerian and Blacksad? For another top 10 list then? You know...'Anandamela', a popular Bengali magazine for children throught the 80s, 90s and 2000s published Tintin and Asterix in Bengali. After publishing all the Tintin albums in Bengali, they started Asterix. They also serially published Joe, Jet and Zokko, Alflolol (valerian comics) among other comics(translated in Bengali)....that was my introduction and induction into franco-belgian comics. And now we have you in our adult years. Thanks for all the recommendations 😀 I'm a mad fan of bones and lucky luke too...please do a video on the valerian and lucky luke complete collection editions some day soon. 🙏
I wish I could find a lovely complete Lucky Luke collection! Thank you for your kind words, and I will one day feature Blacksad, perhaps in a sequel to this video? The one time I read a bit of Valerian, I wasn't captivated. I appreciate its significance, but something about the storytelling didn't click for me. Perhaps I should give it another shot...
Great video! i think Blake and Mortimer and Spirou are the "natural" continuity from Tintin (for different reasons), and Lucky Luke and Iznogoud from Asterix. I'm also a huge fan of Scrooge and the Smurfs (who isn't?) but it's really not the same genre. Apart from the comic books you mentioned and the recommendations from the comments, may I suggest: -Soda (Cop stories in New York) -Sammy (same writer as the Bluecoats, this time the story is in Chicago during the Prohibition era) -Gaston Lagaffe -Les Petits Hommes (The Small Men? Not sure it exists in English though)
Thank you, and thank you for the recommendations! I'm definitely adding them to my list, and one or two were already there. What I wanted to do with this list is not only talk about similar comics, origin, style or school, but introduce people to the world of comics in general, using two Franco Belgian comics as a springboard. Especially here in India, i meet a lot of people who enjoyed these two series (usually as kids) but have not read that many comics after. So by using separate elements of Tintin and Asterix, i attempted a broad list of various types that I enjoy. Otherwise, you are absolutely right this whole list could have been Franco Belgian or European albums! 😁
Thanks so much, thrilled you enjoyed the episode! I really need to familiarise myself with Chaland, i keep hearing very good things! Do you have a recommendation for where to start?
Great video!!. I agree with your recommendations. Complementing your top 10 For me the next books to read after reading Tintin and Asterix are: "Spirou & Fantasio from Franquin". The protagonists travel the world on multiple ocassions and have plenty of adventures with a very rich support cast. Franquin also created a spinoff series for Spirou & Fantasio for the fantastic character "Marsupilami" which is very funny and with lot of action. Also "Gaston" is a very cool series by Franquin similar to Carl's Barks Gyro Gearlose but with gag stories that really surprised me since I later learned that Franquin was suffering depression during that time. Those Gaston stories made him perceived life with a positive and happy perspective during those difficult times. Another interesting comment is that Hergé praised the work of Franquin on multiple ocassions. The books from Franquin are now availabe thanks to Cinebook publishing.
I have a bunch of Spirou and Fantasio comics now and completely agree with you on the charms of the travel and rich supporting cast! I think I will attempt to read through them chronologically to see what kind of differences or evolution I may find. And definitely keeping my eye out for more Franquin!
I think the best thing would be to look it up online. That would be more exact information. The most prominent artist of the Marcinelle school was Andre Franquin.
Marcinelle school was basically a way of drawing started by Jije at the Spirou magazine. This was later more refined by his close collaborators Andre Franquin, Peyo , Morris an others. Compared to Herges Ligne Claire this is more of a cartoonish style where exaggeration of certain features and traits to add comical and dynamic effect is often used. It is bit more fluid than the very realist style found in Tintin. Focus being more on conveying the dynamic motion at times even at the cost of being not realistic.
Don't I mention it right at the start here? Ive only read one, and anyway they seem so hard to get one's hands on that I didn't think they make a good pick for what people should go out and try today, if that makes sense?
@@ftloc Haha yes, I'd also like to add that while Euro books editions of Spirou and Iznogoud are difficult to get, Cinebooks are fairly easier, although they can be costly, they have better translation
I am surprised you haven't done a whole video on Spirou. They are among the very best of Francophone comics. In my oppinion, they are up there with Asterix and Tintin. In fact, I enjoy them way more than I enjoy Tintin. There is one aspect to them. They have had several authors throughout the years and for the most part the only really good ones are those made by André Franquin. In my view, some other authors managed to actually put a stain in the quality of these characters/book series. The older authors are ok...ish, but Franquin took Spirou to another level. To the point that, the newer authors, sometimes have almost altered the structure of that imaginary world. It is a shame. Some things are better left untouched. "Blake and Mortimer" are just outstanding. Again among my very favourite. The arguments are exceptional in quality. But, yes, they will not appeal to all taste.
@@ftloc Generally speaking the albums that span from around 1950 up to 1960 are the good ones. Perhaps the best titles: - Spirou et les héritiers - Les Voleurs du Marsupilami - La Corne de rhinocéros - Le Dictateur et le champignon - La Mauvaise Tête - Le Repaire de la Murène - Les Pirates du silence - Le Nid des marsupilamis - Le Voyageur du Mésozoïque - Vacances sans histoires (short story) - La Foire aux gangsters - Le Prisonnier du Bouddha - La Peur au bout du fil - Z comme Zorglub - L'Ombre du Z - QRN sur Bretzelburg (my favourite together with "Le Dictateur et le champignon") All my books are in either French or the Portuguese translation.
I absolutely adore Peanuts. But welcome to the channel, and I hope you have fun exploring here and find plenty of recommendations of things to try out!
I do! Although not as much as many. I have spotlight videos on Akira and Lone Wolf and Cub, and you can see most of my manga library in my Shelf Eight and Shelf Twelve (I think?) videos. Cheers!
When I lived in Montreal (my hometown), I would read Yoko Tsuno, Lucky Luke, Spirou, Natasha, Les 4 As, Fantomas, Gaston, and Mafalda. I wished I could have access to them in the US
I've seen that at least some of these are available in some public libraries in the US , but only from very limited experience and what some have told me. I'm always jealous of the idea of public libraries existing in the first place... I have never read any of these titles other than the ones I mentioned in the livestream; time to look into correcting that! Cheers!
If Rick & Morty was a comic originally, I feel it'd deserve a spot on a list like this. (I mean, Last Airbender made it.) But, yeah, two guys on insane adventures with very unique tone of humour. It fits in really well with all of this. Thanks for the stream.
Yoko Tsuno is an absolut must for anyone that likes Tintin. Roger Leloup, the maker of Yoko Tsuno worked many many years for Herge Studio.
I've seen copies of some, I should really take a look. Of course I am big fan of Leloup's contributions to the Tintin books!
Great video! I would like to add one very populair European comic called 'Gomer Goof' (Gaston) by Franquin. Its a 'gag' comic with one page stories, super funny and really highly recommended.
Hello there and thanks for yet another vote for Gaston, a comic that I guess I should really check out now, given the enthusiastic recommendations of so many!
What’s funnier that or beetle Bailey
Yes! Gaston Lagaffe in the original French version. It is brilliant. Franquin was one of the greats together with Goscinny, Hergé and Morris (although I am an absolute fan of the first two and not so much of the 2 last ones).
This is an excellent and very diligent list you've assembled. As an American comics retailer, I confess having some difficulty in making all-ages recommendations that I genuinely support, but I feel this list will be quite useful in assisting me in the future. Some further titles I would include to coincide with your choices are Castle In The Stars (and maybe Siegfried) by Alex Alice, Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama, Drifting Dragons by Taku Kuwabara and, you know what, I'd also include Tom Strong by Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse. By the way, I have recommended Hellboy to customers as young as 10 years old and they seemed to really enjoy it.
Thank you so much - coming from a professional 'recommender' this means a lot to me! Coincidentally I recently got Castle in the Stars (Siegfried seems near impossible to get my hands on) and am looking forward to diving into it.
If you haven't seen these, perhaps check out my videos 'Top 10 Gateway Comics' th-cam.com/video/dYe4MG-OrO8/w-d-xo.html and 'Best Comics for Young Readers' th-cam.com/video/583k41sYsTk/w-d-xo.html ? They're a few years old, but I still think highly of those books mentioned there.
And thank you for confirming that younger readers can enjoy Hellboy. I didn't see why not! 😁
There is also a series by Peyo published in english, Benny Breakiron, which is quite good!
As a fan of Peyo, I need to check that out for sure! Thanks!
@@ftloc Benny Breakiron screams Peyo from start to finish, especially the characters facial features and expressions bring to mind the smurfs..
Thank you very much. For your detailed valuable info. I enjoyed a lot.
So glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much for your kind words!
Very good choices!
My favourite comics are (with this order):
Lucky Luke
Asterix
Blake & Mortimer
Blueberry
TinTin
Thorgal
Iznogoud
Largo Winch
Excellent list (but Asterix can't be in there, give me a substitute! 😁). I've found Blueberry and to a certain extent Thorgal to be very hard to come by in English, which is the main reason I couldn't put them here (or read more than fragments myself). Hopefully that changes one day soon!
@@ftloc - Thorgal english translations are published by Cinebooks
@@ftloc Blueberry indeed is difficult to find in english.
But Thorgal isn't. You can get them by Cinebook editions.
A replacement of Asterix would be The Bluecoats by Cauvin.
@@jeemutbbahanroy I was only able to find Vol 1, which I enjoyed, but none other than vol 17 is available here. I just I'm going to skip 16 volumes for now...😁
Great video - again🤘🏻Your view of Carl Barks stories` similarities to Tintin and Asterix was interesting. I never looked at them like that but I have to agree. I have all Barks and Rosa stories in hardcover collected editions. Don Rosa fandom here in Finland is - according to his own words - bigger than anywhere else. In fact he made a Scrooge story based on our National Epic Kalevala(The Quest for Kalevala) as a thank you.😁
Then I have to thank you personally. Your channel and enthusiasm was a major influence that made start my own channel😊
Thank you so much, and wonderful to get to know about your channel! I checked out your first video, on Orbital - mentioned elsewhere in these very comments! - and have immediately subscribed! Keep up the great work!
@@ftloc Thanks! I´m still learning the ropes:)
I saw your comment somewhere that Valerian didn´t work for you. I understand it perfectly. It had the golden moments in the middle of its life during the original run. However Orbital is the fix! It is how Valerian would be done today.
Also check out Valerian: Shingouzlooz inc. Different writer and artist. It´s a massive update and graphics are amazing.
Thank you for your great videos...iam from lebanon..you reminded me of my collection of tin tin and asterix when i was 17 years old , unfortunately my collection was stolen from our house since we escape it then due to war...i was collecting these two comic books for 6 years...unfortunately due to many circumstances i couldnt recollect them again...tin tin and asterix represent to me my happy childhood before the sadness of war come into my life...thx again for sharing the love of great comics
Thank you for sharing that very personal and moving experience. I cannot even imagine how hard it must have all been. I hope one day you are able to have a new collection in some form, or have these and other books nearby and easy to read!
@@ftloc thank you for your nice reply...i really appreciate it
Great show. Do read more Bluecoat. I grew up reading Tintin and Asterix. Thanks to you i know read Bone. Thankyou.
Thank YOU! ANd I really wish I could get my hands on more Bluecoats, it was a very good start!
Great session. Came to know about quite a few new ones that I am not yet exposed to. Surely will try some of them. Was very happy to see The Bluecoats and the Smurfs feature on the list. Some others I am having a go at are Clifton by Turk and de Groot, and Yoko Tsuno by Roger Leloup (ex studio Herge, who did most of the airplane art in Flight 714).
Thank you so much and and thank for the suggestions too! That's at least three people recommending Clifton as well as Yoko Tsuno, so right up to the list they go!
@@ftloc - Yoko Tsuno is Roger Leloup's Sci-Fi themed Tintin heroine :)
My top ten comics: Lucky Luke by Goscinny and Morris, Gaston by Andre Franquin, Spirou by different creators and the young Spirou by Tome and Janrry. Yoko Tsuno by Roger Leloup, Barelli by Bob de Moor, Blake and Mortimer by Edgar P Jacobs and these three were all former assistants to Herge. Iznogood by Goscinny and Tabary Om-papa by Goscinny and Uderzo and Clifton by Turk and de Groot..
Excellent, thank you! As I mention here, this whole list, and a longer one, could easily have been made up of just contemporaries of or other works by those involved with Tintin and Asterix. I look forward to uncovering them all, and returning to this topic soon! Cheers!
I hold my hands up that I know very little about Tintin and Asterix, but I was recently reading the first two Hilda stories by Luke Pearson and I think that it had some of the same sensibilities about it; adventure, exploration, and suitable for all ages. It's probably a bit more simplistic in terms of the amount of text and the complexity of the stories, but I really did enjoy them.
Pearson;s Hilda is simply wonderful. I left out another caveat in this video : in that I tried to avoid repeating any of the books in my Top 10 Gateway Comics and my Best Comics for Young Readers videos, which could all be great candidates for this list. Since I wax eloquent about Hilda in the latter, I avoided mentioning the series here, although it is absolutely worthwhile.
I did also cheat with Uncle Scrooge, so more cheats after Bone and Usagi also got mentions would have been very undisciplined, even for me! 😁
Been catching up on some of your latest livestreams (which are great, of course), and what you said about the Spirou comics caught my attention. The very same thing happens to me when I try to read Tintin, it's just missing that little thing (probably nostalgia) that makes me love Spirou (particularly the Franquin stories).
Btw, Spirou, Gil Jourdan, the Bluecoats, the Smurfs, the Duck comics... those bring up some memories!
I need to find more Bluecoats!
And definitely, a lot of childhood reads can be very differently examined without the lens of nostalgia. There's also the critical faculties that change over time, so we remember the effect but not the process, in some ways. An endlessly fascinating topic for me! 😁
Revisiting this, I’d like to recommend some manga if you want to get into manga and you are a fan of tintin/asterix
Fullmetal Alchemist - I found this to be very Tintin esque, travel, adventure, mystery, colourful cast, politics. Add some supernatural elements to take it for a spin. The animated series is just as good and the coloring in the show makes it very similar to clear line
Vinland Saga - This is a pretty serious story, however it’s alternate history about vikings with travel and adventure. It also feels very european.
Nichijou - This is something i recommend to anyone, this isn’t similar to asterix or tintin but if you want some slapstick similar to quick and flupke but way better in terms of hit rate and contemporary jokes, it doesn’t get better than Nichijou. While the art is still manga esque, it is still cartoony and doesn’t feel too different from what you are used to.
Only seeing this now, but making notes! Cheers!
Great video! thanks for sharing your recommendations. I'd add Maurice Tilleux's Tif & Tondu, and Yves Chaland's Freddy Lombard. I don't know if they've been translated to English. For Spanish speakers we have the fourtune that editorials from Spain have translated the majority of the best Franco Belgian comics.
Much love from Mexico!
Side question - do you have a community in Discord? I'd love to be part of it.
So glad to make your acquaintance, and thanks for the reccos! I'm always looking out for new translations, and then they have to become available here...
And yes, here's the link to joining the Friends of FtLoC Discord, if you haven't found it yet: discord.com/invite/jCJ5yRN
Tintin and Asterix were great comic books
The coloring in the Carl Barks books is great! And a lot of those early volumes were recolored by Rich Tommaso!
Yes, i only found out about Tommasso being the colorist a few years after starting collecting the books. What a terrific job he's done!
@@ftloc absolutely! And so cool considering Tommaso is such a great cartoonist in his own right!
I got the M Tillieux book today (10 thousand years in hell). Really loved the story and the art work. Hope there are more English translations of his albums. Thanks a lot for bringing this gem to notice through your channel
I'd really like to see more as well! Such an interesting blend of art style and plot, isn't it? So glad you enjoyed the video and found this book! Cheers!
Definitely Lucky Luke for me. The older ones are a product of their time and should be read as such, but so is Asterix. More recent releases like ‘A Cowboy in High Cotton’ are very much appropriate nowadays.
I completely agree and I even think evolution like his cigarette being replaced with a straw in later stories are changes that really work! I'm very excited for the new stories, is the one you mention by Matthieu Bonhomme?
@@ftloc No, that one was by Jul. I hadn’t even seen the ones by Matthieu Bonhomme. Thanks for pointing my in that direction. I have to check those out.
Why should we follow the morals of today and not those of the past, other than conformity?
It's delightful to see you again my friend on your brand new channel, I hope you remember me ! I feel the need to apologize for my rather abrupt disappearence last year, all I can say is I had other things on my mind and I seem to have lost my focus on thinking and talking about comics and movies, audiovisual entertainment in general.. I will have to make up for this somehow, maybe by keeping a promise or two ! :) Anyway, I didn't have the chance to catch your ninth art rumbling live, I'll have to get back to you with another comment, again, it's great to see you back !
It has been a long time; I'm thrilled to see you back! I haven't gone anywhere, and this is the same channel, but perhaps my greying beard is giving everything a new look? 😁
@@ftloc I don't see much grey in your beard my friend, and grey is good, it only provides wisdom and a clear, precise point of view on things, at least where you're concerned. I am currently hooked on my old classic Fantastic Four collection with special moments of Franco-Belgian bliss before I go to sleep at night (Lucky Luke, Blueberry and Benny Breakiron among others). The Smurfs are a childhood favorite, I agree, I'd rather read them than watch them for the reasons you mentioned. Lately I compare translations again while reading and I am almost always disappointed. I would recommend to you Scarpa's Scrooge McDuck if you're interested, I don't think you would like him more than Carl Barks but in my opinion he is the best of Disney's Italian School of creators. I'd send you a copy in English if I could, I would love to see your video review about it but if it never happens I can understand, there are other priorities to flip through. So many comics, so little time my friend.. I can easily sacrifice a good movie over a beloved comic book.. I hope I'll catch your next live.. I look forward to watching it..
Just a last comment: The nine books in Kazu Kibuishi’s brilliant Amulet series! And the eight volumes in the anthology series Flight!
I've read six of the Amulet books, I should really finish it! And adding Flight to the list! 😁
To my favourite booktuber! What about Valerian and Blacksad? For another top 10 list then? You know...'Anandamela', a popular Bengali magazine for children throught the 80s, 90s and 2000s published Tintin and Asterix in Bengali. After publishing all the Tintin albums in Bengali, they started Asterix. They also serially published Joe, Jet and Zokko, Alflolol (valerian comics) among other comics(translated in Bengali)....that was my introduction and induction into franco-belgian comics. And now we have you in our adult years. Thanks for all the recommendations 😀 I'm a mad fan of bones and lucky luke too...please do a video on the valerian and lucky luke complete collection editions some day soon. 🙏
I wish I could find a lovely complete Lucky Luke collection! Thank you for your kind words, and I will one day feature Blacksad, perhaps in a sequel to this video? The one time I read a bit of Valerian, I wasn't captivated. I appreciate its significance, but something about the storytelling didn't click for me. Perhaps I should give it another shot...
Great video!
i think Blake and Mortimer and Spirou are the "natural" continuity from Tintin (for different reasons), and Lucky Luke and Iznogoud from Asterix.
I'm also a huge fan of Scrooge and the Smurfs (who isn't?) but it's really not the same genre.
Apart from the comic books you mentioned and the recommendations from the comments, may I suggest:
-Soda (Cop stories in New York)
-Sammy (same writer as the Bluecoats, this time the story is in Chicago during the Prohibition era)
-Gaston Lagaffe
-Les Petits Hommes (The Small Men? Not sure it exists in English though)
Thank you, and thank you for the recommendations! I'm definitely adding them to my list, and one or two were already there.
What I wanted to do with this list is not only talk about similar comics, origin, style or school, but introduce people to the world of comics in general, using two Franco Belgian comics as a springboard.
Especially here in India, i meet a lot of people who enjoyed these two series (usually as kids) but have not read that many comics after. So by using separate elements of Tintin and Asterix, i attempted a broad list of various types that I enjoy.
Otherwise, you are absolutely right this whole list could have been Franco Belgian or European albums! 😁
Clifton by Turk & DeGroot is a great title after Tintin. Not too wordy (Blake and Mortimer). Dry british humor.
Agree! Super underated!
I'll have to check it out then! I hope it is easily available...Thank you!
@@ftloc Cinebook has been printing the series in English. Also good is Franka but haven't seen English translations yet.
Great show and thanks for sharing your insights. I would have added "The Adventures of Freddy Lombard" by Yves Chaland to the list.
Thanks so much, thrilled you enjoyed the episode! I really need to familiarise myself with Chaland, i keep hearing very good things! Do you have a recommendation for where to start?
Great video!!. I agree with your recommendations. Complementing your top 10 For me the next books to read after reading Tintin and Asterix are: "Spirou & Fantasio from Franquin". The protagonists travel the world on multiple ocassions and have plenty of adventures with a very rich support cast. Franquin also created a spinoff series for Spirou & Fantasio for the fantastic character "Marsupilami" which is very funny and with lot of action. Also "Gaston" is a very cool series by Franquin similar to Carl's Barks Gyro Gearlose but with gag stories that really surprised me since I later learned that Franquin was suffering depression during that time. Those Gaston stories made him perceived life with a positive and happy perspective during those difficult times. Another interesting comment is that Hergé praised the work of Franquin on multiple ocassions. The books from Franquin are now availabe thanks to Cinebook publishing.
I have a bunch of Spirou and Fantasio comics now and completely agree with you on the charms of the travel and rich supporting cast! I think I will attempt to read through them chronologically to see what kind of differences or evolution I may find. And definitely keeping my eye out for more Franquin!
I got stuck on this video:D In fact so much that it inspired me to do my own video about the next thing to read. European comics are my soft spot.
Haha what a pleasure to hear, may you be stuck many more times. I'm looking forward to your video!
I would like to specify that my top ten list is the comics similar too Asterix and Tintin. The school of Marcinelle and Herge’s claire ligne.
Ooh, would you mind telling me a bit more about Marcinelle?
I think the best thing would be to look it up online. That would be more exact information. The most prominent artist of the Marcinelle school was Andre Franquin.
Marcinelle school was basically a way of drawing started by Jije at the Spirou magazine. This was later more refined by his close collaborators Andre Franquin, Peyo , Morris an others. Compared to Herges Ligne Claire this is more of a cartoonish style where exaggeration of certain features and traits to add comical and dynamic effect is often used. It is bit more fluid than the very realist style found in Tintin. Focus being more on conveying the dynamic motion at times even at the cost of being not realistic.
What about Joe Zette Jocko by Hergé? I thought it would find a place in this list.
Don't I mention it right at the start here? Ive only read one, and anyway they seem so hard to get one's hands on that I didn't think they make a good pick for what people should go out and try today, if that makes sense?
One of the greatest in reacent memories i have to mention is The Campbells by Jose Luis Munuera.
Ooh, one I have not ever heard of! Adding to the list immediately, thank you so much!
Spirou fantastio books 👍👍👍
Missed the livestream, time to watch it now
going to give few recommendations a shot
Hope you enjoyed the videos and all those eurocomics cameos!
@@ftloc Haha yes, I'd also like to add that while Euro books editions of Spirou and Iznogoud are difficult to get, Cinebooks are fairly easier, although they can be costly, they have better translation
I am surprised you haven't done a whole video on Spirou. They are among the very best of Francophone comics. In my oppinion, they are up there with Asterix and Tintin. In fact, I enjoy them way more than I enjoy Tintin.
There is one aspect to them. They have had several authors throughout the years and for the most part the only really good ones are those made by André Franquin. In my view, some other authors managed to actually put a stain in the quality of these characters/book series. The older authors are ok...ish, but Franquin took Spirou to another level. To the point that, the newer authors, sometimes have almost altered the structure of that imaginary world. It is a shame. Some things are better left untouched.
"Blake and Mortimer" are just outstanding. Again among my very favourite. The arguments are exceptional in quality. But, yes, they will not appeal to all taste.
I simply haven't been able to get my hands on many. A viewer kindly sent me a handful, including a couple by Franquin, but I wish I could read more!
@@ftloc Generally speaking the albums that span from around 1950 up to 1960 are the good ones.
Perhaps the best titles:
- Spirou et les héritiers
- Les Voleurs du Marsupilami
- La Corne de rhinocéros
- Le Dictateur et le champignon
- La Mauvaise Tête
- Le Repaire de la Murène
- Les Pirates du silence
- Le Nid des marsupilamis
- Le Voyageur du Mésozoïque
- Vacances sans histoires (short story)
- La Foire aux gangsters
- Le Prisonnier du Bouddha
- La Peur au bout du fil
- Z comme Zorglub
- L'Ombre du Z
- QRN sur Bretzelburg (my favourite together with "Le Dictateur et le champignon")
All my books are in either French or the Portuguese translation.
Also if Valerian and Laureline wasnt up to your taste .... give ORBITAL (written by Sylvain Runberg, illustrated by Serge Pellé) a try
Adding Orbital to the list right now. And maybe I should give Valerian another shot.
Sir I read comics pirately.sir where can I read the beast of chicago I cannot find in any website
Unfortunately, I can't help here. I have no idea as all of my reading is in physical and legal formats
The only comics i know is Lucy Van Pelt and Charlie Brown.
I absolutely adore Peanuts. But welcome to the channel, and I hope you have fun exploring here and find plenty of recommendations of things to try out!
I finished Blake and Mortimer . .
Which ones are your favourites?
I read a latest version .it's not original. It's about Lawrence of Arabia .really enjoyed that one .
Sir, do you read manga?
I do! Although not as much as many. I have spotlight videos on Akira and Lone Wolf and Cub, and you can see most of my manga library in my Shelf Eight and Shelf Twelve (I think?) videos. Cheers!
When I lived in Montreal (my hometown), I would read Yoko Tsuno, Lucky Luke, Spirou, Natasha, Les 4 As, Fantomas, Gaston, and Mafalda. I wished I could have access to them in the US
I've seen that at least some of these are available in some public libraries in the US , but only from very limited experience and what some have told me. I'm always jealous of the idea of public libraries existing in the first place...
I have never read any of these titles other than the ones I mentioned in the livestream; time to look into correcting that! Cheers!
If Rick & Morty was a comic originally, I feel it'd deserve a spot on a list like this. (I mean, Last Airbender made it.)
But, yeah, two guys on insane adventures with very unique tone of humour. It fits in really well with all of this.
Thanks for the stream.
They DO have Rick and Morty comics, but I've never read them, alas! Maybe one day...