scans_daily: I shall not be defeated!

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scans_daily,
@ 2010-03-07 11:00 am UTC

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char: spirou, series: gratuitous butt shot week

I shall not be defeated!

So I got a bunch of hate (haaaaaaate!) for my last post from people who inexplicably thought Spirou was a child (WTF?). So I figure that it's largely based on Franquin's art not being full of huge, sharply defined muscles and therefore must not be an adult male (which he actually is).

So therefore, here are a couple of partial pages from Spirou et Fatasio à Tokyo with the more manga-oriented style of Jose-Luis Munuera. And, of course, butt shots.

So there!

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	no subject zemo 2010-03-07 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	It amuses me how anybody could think that Spirou isn't an adult male :D ...if he wasn't, that would make Fantasio quite the seedy character, always goin on adventures all alone with a little boy... (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	no subject nezchan 2010-03-07 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Heh, I think Fantasio is way too oblivious of stuff like that to be seedy. Although in the most recent volume he trades Spirou in for a younger version, which really makes my brain hurt. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject zemo 2010-03-07 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	Noooooo! Ignore that! It's too confusing! Mind you, nice art. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject nezchan 2010-03-07 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	What's confusing about the Spirou universe now having three of him wandering around (even if they deny the Machine Qui Reve version as being canon now)? Surely they've done worse in Marvel/DC? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject zemo 2010-03-07 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	True. Alas, Spirou and Fantasio are supposed to be GOOD :P (from a quality point of view) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject nezchan 2010-03-07 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	The weird thing is, as crack as it was, I really liked Aux Sources du Z. old!Spirou at the end explaining how he felt when he saw Ms. Flanners the first time cracked me up, although the pairing seemed a little sudden overall. The art was fantastic as usual, of course. No amount of crack in the writing can take away from Munuera's energetic lines. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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houbanaut
2010-03-07 05:49 pm UTC (link)

Do you mean Janry's art style?

I think the confusion comes mainly from the oversized heads and Spirou's boyish features. I imagine him to be early-to-mid twenties or so, but I've heard others argue he's as young as 17-18.

I do remember that the first time I read Julien Boisvert (starting with the second volume), I got really confused because I thought Julien was a kid at first.

I'm scanlating some bits of Spirou in Moscow, by the way. Might post it some time next week, so you can look forward to Fantasio in a ballerina dress.

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	no subject nezchan 2010-03-07 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	Whoops, I forgot that was after the changeover. Franquin had them with even smaller bodies compared to their heads, heh. And I'm sure Fantasio keeps his. As a souvenier, you understand. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject khamelea 2010-03-07 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm scanlating some bits of Spirou in Moscow, by the way." Is it anything like Tintin in the Land of the Soviets? I suppose Stalin would be the one wearing the dress, if it was! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

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houbanaut
2010-03-07 07:56 pm UTC (link)

It's similar in that it takes place in the Soviet Union. It was written just around the fall of communism (by the time it was published, the Berlin wall had already fallen), and reflects the much less hostile view of the USSR of the glasnost/perestroika era. Spirou and Fantasio actually work for the KGB as temporary agents. The two stories would make an interesting compare-and-contrast.

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	no subject nezchan 2010-03-07 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	I love some of the little touches in that volume, like Zantafio's outfit and...well, I'm not gonna say more for fear of spoiling it. If I had time (HAH!) I'd start working on translations of New York and Luna Fatale. Maybe in May or June, once the school year's done. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject houbanaut 2010-03-07 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Cinebook is putting out Spirou in New York later in the year, so I'd wait and just use that translation. The slapstick sequence with the yin/yang curse is a definite must for S_D. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject nezchan 2010-03-07 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	Really? They're moving faster with their releases that I'd expected, then. Maybe I'll look at doing Paris Sous Seine instead. I really like that volume, and it has Spirou/shirtless Fantasio bromance in it, which is always a plus. Besides, it's an excuse to look at all the pretty, pretty Munuera art. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject zemo 2010-03-07 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	I somehow always thought the art from the Zyklotrop comics was the best. Such nice designs and detail too swoons (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject nezchan 2010-03-07 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	Ho, em oot! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject khamelea 2010-03-07 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	"So I got a bunch of hate (haaaaaaate!) for my last post from people who inexplicably thought Spirou was a child (WTF?). " I blame the uniform. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject nezchan 2010-03-07 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	Society is to blame. "Right, we'll arrest them then!" (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject zordboy 2010-03-08 12:23 am UTC (link)
	Or the fact that the shape of his body sure as heck made him look like he was 15. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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