André Franquin : 2024 France

2024-Jan-29

France honored André Franquin (1924-1997), creator of Gaston Lagaffe. Gaston appeared in 1957 in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou.The stamp shows a self-portrait that appeared in Bon Pur – dessins de famille. Belgin born artist André Franquin's characters also appeared on Belgium stamps in 2008 Spirou and Fantasio and 2017 Gaston

Gaston Lagaffe : 2001

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