- Gai-Luron
"Gai-Luron" is a French
comics series featuring aneponymous character, created onJuly 12 ,1964 byGotlib ."Gai-Luron ou la joie de vivre", n°1, p1. Footnote of date of creation by Gotlib] Originally published in the comics magazine "Vaillant", the character joined "Nanar, Jujube et Piette", which Gotlib had drawn since1962 , but eventually headlined a hit series of its own.Cite web|last=Lambiek Comiclopedia|title=Gotlib|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/g/gotlib.htm ] The album collection series began were released from1975 , and the second album, "Gai-Luron en écrase méchamment" was awarded the prize for French comical work at the Angoulême in1976 .Cite web|last=ToutEnBD|title=Le palmarès 1976|url=http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=848|language=French ]ynopsis
It follows the
anthropomorphic dog Gai-Luron (whose name can be roughly translated as "Jolly Fellow", which contrasts with Gai-Luron's generallyapathetic behaviour), his girlfriend Belle-Lurette and his friend Jujube thefox .The plot sometimes involves Gai-Luron and Jujube reading their
fan mail , which is almost always written by the same reader, a little boy named Jean-Pierre Liégeois, or else a friend or relative of his.Bibliography
Gai-Luron's adventures were published in 10 volumes between
1975 and1982 , and a last one, "La bataille navale...ou Gai-Luron en slip", was published as Gotlib's goodbye to the comic strip scene in1986 .*"Gai-Luron", collection "Les Rois du rire" n°10 (1969, Éditions Vaillant)
* 1 : "Gai-Luron ou la joie de vivre" (1975, Audie)
* 2 : "Gai-Luron en écrase méchamment" (1975, Audie)
* 3 : "Gai-Luron rit de se voir beau en ce miroir" (1976, Audie)
* 4 : "Gai-Luron et Jean-Pierre Liegeois " (1976, Audie)
* 5 : "Gai-Luron fait rien qu'à copier" (1977, Audie)
* 6 : "Gai-Luron ce héros au sourire si doux" (1978, Audie)
* 7 : "Gai-Luron s'en tire par une pirouette" (1979, Audie)
* 8 : "Gai-Luron drague comme une bête" (1980, Audie)
* 9 : "Gai-Luron n'engendre pas la mélancolie !" (1981, Audie)
* 10 : "Gai-Luron tire une tronshe pas possible" (1982, Audie)
*"La bataille navale ou Gai-Luron en slip" (1986, Audie)References
* [http://bdoubliees.com/vaillantpif/series2/gailuron.htm "Gai-Luron" publications in "Vaillant" and "Pif"] , and [http://bdoubliees.com/fluideglacial/series2/gailuron.htm "Fluide Glacial"] BDoubliées fr_icon
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/serie-846-BD-Gai-Luron.html "Gai Luron" albums] Bedetheque fr_icon
* [http://www.leconcombre.com/gotlib/gailuron00.html] FootnotesExternal links
* [http://www.marcelgotlib.com/ Gotlib official site]
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