"The Hero Factory - 100 Years of Publishing at Dupuis"

Dupuis is one of Belgium's biggest publishers of bande dessinee, with some of Europe's best-selling comic series, including Spirou et Fantasio, Tif et Tondu, Lucky Luke, Buck Danny, Jerry Spring, The Smurfs, Gaston Lagaffe, Largo Winch, and many others.

This is a spritely celebration of Dupuis in bite-size chunks. Most of the 100 articles are two pages and focus on an individual creator, character, or series. Very well illustrated with rare and unusual images: original art, photographs, ephemera, adverts, Journal de Spirou covers, etc. Text in French.

From the publisher:

Please note: this is no ordinary catalog! Through 1001 historical-amusing anecdotes, the two authors tell us the little story of Éditions Dupuis or how a small printer from Charleroi, who started from nothing, became the greatest manufacturer of heroes in Europe!

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Attention : ceci n'est pas un catalogue ordinaire ! À travers 1001 anecdotes historico-amusantes, les deux auteurs nous racontent la petite histoire des Éditions Dupuis ou comment un petit imprimeur de Charleroi parti de rien est devenu le plus grand fabricant de héros d'Europe !