Gaston (1957-1997) is a Belgian gag-a-day comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin (1924-1997) in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou. The series, serving as a spin-off of the magazine's primary series Spirou et Fantasio, focuses on the everyday life of Gaston Lagaffe (whose surname means "the blunder"), a lazy and accident-prone office junior who works at Spirou's office in Brussels.
Gaston is very popular in large parts of Europe (especially in Belgium and France) and has been translated into over a dozen languages.
In 2023, the series was revived by Franco-Canadian author Delaf.
André Franquin ws commemorated in 2024-Jan-25
