La corne de rhinocéros

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publisher=Dupuis
date=1955
series="Spirou et Fantasio"
origlanguage=French
origpublication="Le Journal de Spirou"
origissues= #764 - #787 #788 - #797
origdate=1952 - 1953
origisbn= 2-8001-0008-7
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writers=Franquin
artists=Franquin
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previssue= "Les voleurs du Marsupilami", 1954
nextissue= "Le dictateur et le champignon", 1956

"La corne de rhinocéros", written and drawn by Franquin, is the sixth album of the "Spirou et Fantasio" series. The material was first serialised in "Spirou" in two parts, "Spirou et la Turbotraction" and the sequel "La corne de rhinocéros", and finally merged into one for the release of the hardcover album in 1955.

tory

In "The Rhino's Horn", Spirou and Fantasio rescue their friend the racecar driver Roulebille (from "Spirou et les héritiers") who has been wounded by murderous thugs. Roulebille's employers, Turbot, have designed a car so spectacular that competitors will stop at nothing to steal its revolutionary plans. In order to find Roulebille's partner Martin and retrieve the car's blueprints, the two reluctantly team up with another journalist, an initially irritating but ultimately priceless young woman called Seccotine. The search for Martin takes them to several regions of Africa - complete with rather dated portrayals of the natives. After retrieving the missing blueprints from the titular body part, Spirou and Fantasio are given the very first prototype of the car, baptised "Turbot-Rhino" to celebrate their adventure.

Background

Publisher Dupuis had Franquin retouch an early sequence when thugs chase Spirou and Fantasio in the department store, removing their guns.cite web | last = Stoumann | first =Mads | title = Franquin-En biografi | url = http://franquin.dk/kap2-2.htm da_icon] cite web | last = le-faou.com | title = LA RÉUSSITE SPIROU 1946-1955 | url = http://www.le-faou.com/franquin/page3/23.htm fr_icon]

The introduction of cheeky and quick-witted Seccotine into the Spirou universe was quite ahead of its time for Belgian comic books. She returns in several other stories.

The futuristic-looking "Turbotraction:Turbot-Rhino I" was not as far-fetched as it looked at the time. Franquin based it on actual prototypes depicted in scientific revues. A life-size model of it and other vehicles created later in the series was created for the "World of Franquin" exhibition in Paris and Brussels in 2006-2007.cite web | last = lemondedefranquin.com | title = Le monde de Franquin-Album photo | url = http://lemondedefranquin.com/fr/index.php?pg=foto fr_icon]

References

* [http://bdoubliees.com/journalspirou/auteurs2/franquin.htm Franquin publications in "Spirou"] BDoubliées fr_icon

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.spirou.com/spirou/albums.shtml Spirou official site album index] fr_icon
* [http://www.franquin.com/spirou_fantasio/albums_spirou.php Franquin site album index] fr_icon