22 September 2007 - Comic #148

Zantafio - Fantasio's cousin - is a villain introduced by Franquin.

Original post: L'aventure d'une aventure de Spirou (FIN)

1 September 2007 - Comic #142

In the comments of this entry, Tarrin said that Trondheim really does not like his Spirou/Violine very much. However, to motivate him to finish his Spirou book, Trondheim forbade Tarrin to draw the Lemur in his presence, even though he likes it a 100 times better than his other works.

Here is the music video of the 1998 song "Je crois que ça va pas être possible" by Zebda mentioned in the last panel:

Original post: L'aventure d'une aventure de Spirou (3)

29 August 2007 - Comic #141

The first two panels where Tarrin tries to make contact with Franquin were printed in the back of the German version of Spirou et Fantasio : Le tombeau des Champignac (German: "Die Gruft derer von Rummelsdorf") as part of a "making of".

Original post: L'aventure d'une aventure de Spirou (2)

27 August 2007 - Comic #140

"PS: That's it, I've finished my book. :)"

Some background info for my trusty readers:

Émile Bravo

Émile Bravo tries to merge comics and children books. He became well-known for books like Les epatantes aventures de Jules ("Jules' splendid adventures") and Boucle d'or et les sept ours nains ("The Golden Ring and the Seven Dwarf Bears"). One year after Tarrin, in 2008 he released a Spirou one-shot album: Spirou, le journal d'un ingénu ("Spirou, An Ingenuous [Boy]'s Diary").

Yann (le Pennetier)

Yann started off as a comic Artist but soon decided to become a comic scriptwriter instead. Among other things, he worked on Sambre together with Yslaire and on The Adventures of Freddy Lombard together with Yves Chaland.

Poildur

A teenage ruffian from Brussels who carries a pet rat on his shoulder. He was introduced in Spirou sur le ring ("Spirou in the Ring") in 1948. He is also mentioned in Yann's Aux sources du Z ("The Origins of the Z", 2008) and plays a part in his one-shot special Le groom vert-de-gris (2009).

Zorglub

There's a pretty good article about this evil arch-villain in the English Wikipedia.

Turbotraction

The Turbotraction is a car that was introduced to the Spirou universe by Franquin in 1954. The turbine-powered vehicle was offered to Spirou and Fantasio by fictional car manufacturer Turbot. It was inspired by the SOCEMA-Grégoire.

Original post: L'aventure d'une aventure de Spirou