Gaston Lagaffe returns to comics after 30 years of absence

For a comeback, it's a hell of a comeback.

After 30 years of absence, since the disappearance of its creator Franquin, the cult character of Gason Lagaffe will make his comeback in comics, announced Dupuis at the Angoulême Festival.

The Belgian comic strip publisher, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary, has entrusted the series to Canadian Delaf, Marc Delafontaine, whose real name is and author of

.

, an album in the classic 48-page format, is to be released on October 19, with a print run commensurate with the notoriety of this anti-hero, gentle idealist, lazy and inventive: 1.2 million copies.

Excerpts from Gaston Lagaffe's new album to be released in October.

A print run of 1.2 million copies is planned (price: €11.90) pic.twitter.com/QVL2A7QKDO

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"It's taking a risk"

"It's risk taking.

Even if it means relaunching the series, we said to ourselves that there was no point in doing it small arm.

Because he is one of the most emblematic characters of Franco-Belgian comics,” explained the editorial director of Dupuis, Stéphane Beaujean.

“Few expected him to return.

But, for him, it was time: if we hadn't done it, he didn't have many years of notoriety left in front of him, because most comic book heroes who don't find a sequel just disappear. just,” he added.

Legendary characters such as Asterix, Lucky Luke or even more recently Corto Maltese, relaunched by Casterman editions in 2021, experienced a rebirth after the death of their creator.

A feature close to that of Franquin

In the case of Lagaffe, the choice of Delaf was imposed after the publication in 2017 of a tribute to André Franquin,

, where the board drawn by the Quebecer had struck readers by the mimicry with the work of the Belgian designer.

“This Delaf tribute perfectly imitated Franquin, everyone said so.

It is therefore the return of Gaston in his canonical character, as close as possible to the original version”, commented Stéphane Beaujean.

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