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I don't know about any previous attempts but Cinebook are working on Spirou et Fantasio in English - they're still ongoing but they're not in the original order
by coroxout 12y ago
I don't know about any previous attempts but Cinebook are working on Spirou et Fantasio in English - they're still ongoing but they're not in the original order (the 7 so far are 5 80s Tome & Janry titles followed by two Franquin 50s titles) so who knows how many they plan to do. http://www.cinebook.co.uk/index.php?cPath=182 http://www.cinebook.co.uk/index.php?cPath=182
It's a British English translation but I think any UK/US differences will be fairly small compared to the cultural differences from the original source era. I have books 2 and 5 and to be honest the racial stereotypes in book #2, from 1987, are more troubling than anything I remember in book #5, from 1952!
- bane 12y agoFantastic! I'll have to seek these out. I almost keep wanting to take some time to learn some basic French so I can read French comics. (I know it sounds kind of trite, but whatever motivates I suppose). I was surprised the first time I went to France, I was more or less able to make out the gist of the majority of the Museum placards and explanations when there wasn't an English translation available. Common ancestor, French influence, Latin and all that.