Titeuf

"Titeuf" is a comics series created by the Swiss comics creator Zep which was adapted into an animated TV series, and appears in the dedicated comics magazine "Tchô!".

Publication history

"Titeuf" was initially published in the fanzine "Sauve qui peut" ("Run for your lives") and noticed by Glénat executive Jean-Claude Camano.cite web | last = TV5Monde | title = Émission du 22 mars | url = http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/lemondedetv5/emission.php?id=55&mois_archives=2006-03|language=French ] Zep joined Glénat in 1992 and "Titeuf" eventually became one of France's most popular comics.cite web | last = Lambiek Comiclopedia | title = Zep | url =http://lambiek.net/artists/z/zep.htm ] The first "Titeuf" book "Dieu, le sexe et les bretelles" ("God, Sex And Suspenders") appeared in 1993 and sold only a few thousand copies, but the subsequent books gradually won over a colossal readership, and the series is now considered the greatest moneymaker in the French comics market.cite web | last = Castrillón|first=Marcos| publisher=Ninth Art | title = Beyond Borders - Not That Innocent | url =http://www.ninthart.com/display.php?article=719 ] The series was adapted into an animated TV series in 2001, initially broadcast on Canal J.cite web | last = CanalSat | title = Titeuf | url =http://www.canalsat.fr/pid1511-tpl200-cid18608.htm|language=French ]

English translation

Translated as "Tootuff", it appeared for a short while during 2005 in "The Dandy" comic in the UK. It is also a cartoon on GMTV's Toonattik and Action Stations slots, first transmitted on Cartoon Network UK in August 2005.

Bibliography

# "Dieu, le sexe et les bretelles (God, sex and Suspenders)", 1992
# "L'Amour, c'est pô propre... (Love isn't clean) ", 1993
# "Ça épate les filles... (It impresses the girls)", 1994
# "C'est pô juste... (It's unfair) ", 1995
# "La derrière des choses (The other side of things)", 1996
# "Tchô, monde cruel (Bye, cruel world)", 1997
# "Le miracle de la vie (The miracle of life) ", 1998
# "Lâchez-moi le slip! (Get off my case!)", 2000
# "La loi du préau" (The law of the playground), 2002
# "Nadia se marie", (Nadia's wedding) 2004
# "Mes meilleurs copains (My best friends)", 2006
# "Le sens de la vie (The meaning of life)", 2008

ources

* [http://www.bedetheque.com/serie-82-BD-Titeuf.html "Titeuf" albums] Bedetheque fr_icon;Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.zepounet.com/ "Titeuf" official site] fr_icon
* [http://www.tcho.fr/ "Tchô!" official site] fr_icon