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Spirou et Fantasio #40
Running Scared
Spirou and Fantasio are hired by a doctor to escort some of his patients. Their ailment? An apparently incurable case of the hiccups. His solution: Send them on the most insane adventure ever and scare the hiccups out of them! Since he offers to pay for their expedition, the two fearless reporters agree to take the patients with them as they attempt to locate two explorers lost in 1938 near the Nepalese border… in the middle of a war!
50 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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Tome
186 books19 followersPseudonym of Philippe Vandevelde, sometimes incorrectly credited as Philippe Tome.
Né le 24 février 1957 à Bruxelles, Philippe Vandevelde, dit Tome, découvre la bande dessinée à l'âge de cinq ans. Momentanément aveuglé par une opération aux yeux, sa maman lui fait la lecture d'albums qui le marquent profondément comme Le sceptre d'Ottokar et Les extraordinaires aventures de Corentin Feldoë. Quelques années plus tard, le jeune garçon se délecte des albums de "Gil Jourdan" de Maurice Tillieux. À l'âge de quatorze ans, il participe au fanzine Buck, puis s'inscrit à des cours du soir de bande dessinée où il fait deux rencontres essentielles : celles de Janry et de Stéphane De Becker. Appelé au service militaire, Philippe passe quelques mois en Allemagne et, s'inscrivant dans la tradition familiale, signe pour deux ans d'engagement comme officier. Sous les drapeaux, il fait la connaissance d'André Geerts. Les deux hommes sympathisent et cette rencontre achève de convaincre Philippe de devenir professionnel de la bande dessinée. De retour à la vie civile, il retrouve son ami Janry qui est entre temps devenu l'assistant de Dupa. Le duo reformé va ponctuellement prêter main forte à Turk et De Groot. C'est à ce moment que Philippe opte pour la signature de Tome et que son association avec Janry passe à la vitesse supérieure, lorsqu'ils sont choisis pour reprendre les aventures de "Spirou et Fantasio". En 1984, paraît leur premier album Virus, qui est très chaleureusement accueilli par les lecteurs. En 1987, Tome, fasciné par la ville de New York, imagine "Soda", une série policière mêlant action et humour. La même année, Tome & Janry imaginent les histoires du "Petit Spirou". Tout en cultivant son talent pour le gag, Tome développe une veine réaliste et dramatique qui déteint sur leur ultime album de "Spirou et Fantasio", Machine qui rêve. Depuis lors, Tome poursuit avec fantaisie son best-seller absolu "Le Petit Spirou" et relance en 2015 "Soda", avec Dan au dessin.
En compagnie de Janry, Tome a réalisé près de trente albums de "Spirou" (petit ou grand), mettant son imagination au service du groom le plus célèbre de la bande dessinée. On lui doit également des albums réalistes au goût américain tels que "Soda" ou "Berceuse Assassine". Tome nous a malheureusement quittés le 5 octobre 2019. Il laisse un vide irremplaçable dans la famille Dupuis.
Né le 24 février 1957 à Bruxelles, Philippe Vandevelde, dit Tome, découvre la bande dessinée à l'âge de cinq ans. Momentanément aveuglé par une opération aux yeux, sa maman lui fait la lecture d'albums qui le marquent profondément comme Le sceptre d'Ottokar et Les extraordinaires aventures de Corentin Feldoë. Quelques années plus tard, le jeune garçon se délecte des albums de "Gil Jourdan" de Maurice Tillieux. À l'âge de quatorze ans, il participe au fanzine Buck, puis s'inscrit à des cours du soir de bande dessinée où il fait deux rencontres essentielles : celles de Janry et de Stéphane De Becker. Appelé au service militaire, Philippe passe quelques mois en Allemagne et, s'inscrivant dans la tradition familiale, signe pour deux ans d'engagement comme officier. Sous les drapeaux, il fait la connaissance d'André Geerts. Les deux hommes sympathisent et cette rencontre achève de convaincre Philippe de devenir professionnel de la bande dessinée. De retour à la vie civile, il retrouve son ami Janry qui est entre temps devenu l'assistant de Dupa. Le duo reformé va ponctuellement prêter main forte à Turk et De Groot. C'est à ce moment que Philippe opte pour la signature de Tome et que son association avec Janry passe à la vitesse supérieure, lorsqu'ils sont choisis pour reprendre les aventures de "Spirou et Fantasio". En 1984, paraît leur premier album Virus, qui est très chaleureusement accueilli par les lecteurs. En 1987, Tome, fasciné par la ville de New York, imagine "Soda", une série policière mêlant action et humour. La même année, Tome & Janry imaginent les histoires du "Petit Spirou". Tout en cultivant son talent pour le gag, Tome développe une veine réaliste et dramatique qui déteint sur leur ultime album de "Spirou et Fantasio", Machine qui rêve. Depuis lors, Tome poursuit avec fantaisie son best-seller absolu "Le Petit Spirou" et relance en 2015 "Soda", avec Dan au dessin.
En compagnie de Janry, Tome a réalisé près de trente albums de "Spirou" (petit ou grand), mettant son imagination au service du groom le plus célèbre de la bande dessinée. On lui doit également des albums réalistes au goût américain tels que "Soda" ou "Berceuse Assassine". Tome nous a malheureusement quittés le 5 octobre 2019. Il laisse un vide irremplaçable dans la famille Dupuis.
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December 8, 2021
This graphic novel contains a lot of unfortunate asian stereotypes of appearance and speech, which made it an unenjoyable read for me. It's too bad because the art is good. It has a strong sense of energy and motion.
November 8, 2015
De slechterikken zijn iets te cliché en de opdracht van Robbedoes en Kwabbernoot is redelijk van de pot gerukt.
September 28, 2020
This series of 'Spirou and Fantasio' spans decades. I've read only a handful. The few have been brilliant in plot, story and illustration. The closest anything has gotten close to this is the work of Will Eisner with his 'Spirit' series and his 'Contract with God', though the latter lacks the depth of just this volume of the two adventurers.. That's an odd thing to write in that Eisner's entire reason for producing his first of a series of graphic novels was a depth of faith and life.
The tale starts one way and then unfolds with more and more involved. The involvement has the characters further defined. The supporting characters are as good or better. Human and non-human. Each has a role,though all could just be on for the ride. Nothing is involved that doesn't hook into the overall story. Just brilliant in writing and detail.
Part of the brilliance is in the details drawn. For instance, at one point the guide spirits a gun from some bad guys. This isn't known until after the encounter illustrated pages before. Going back to look for the theft, the actual theft is not shown, but the panels of bad guy with gun, a spurious hug by the guide and then the tiniest detail of the bad guy with an open open holster flap two panels later. The details are illustrated with he simplest care. Sometimes not being shown at all. While traveling to seek their goal, the group traverses mountainous area. the beauty is in the simplicity that tells what otherwise would have been pages of description. The area the good guy's vehicle is in, the expanse beyond in layers of mere line indicating mountain peaks at various distances, some village of few lines. Quite a task to pull off in one panel.
This is technique is repeated later involving an exchange with still another group of guys, the rebels, as the good guys are herded off revealing distance of where the bad guys are, the good guys had been, a distance of travel and where the group could look backwards to the distance. Seeing the illustrated version tells all. Brilliant work.
The largest draw back is that this is a two part tale. Though, considering this result, I have no doubt the entire tale gets even better.
Bottom line: i recommend this book: 10 out of 10 points.
The tale starts one way and then unfolds with more and more involved. The involvement has the characters further defined. The supporting characters are as good or better. Human and non-human. Each has a role,though all could just be on for the ride. Nothing is involved that doesn't hook into the overall story. Just brilliant in writing and detail.
Part of the brilliance is in the details drawn. For instance, at one point the guide spirits a gun from some bad guys. This isn't known until after the encounter illustrated pages before. Going back to look for the theft, the actual theft is not shown, but the panels of bad guy with gun, a spurious hug by the guide and then the tiniest detail of the bad guy with an open open holster flap two panels later. The details are illustrated with he simplest care. Sometimes not being shown at all. While traveling to seek their goal, the group traverses mountainous area. the beauty is in the simplicity that tells what otherwise would have been pages of description. The area the good guy's vehicle is in, the expanse beyond in layers of mere line indicating mountain peaks at various distances, some village of few lines. Quite a task to pull off in one panel.
This is technique is repeated later involving an exchange with still another group of guys, the rebels, as the good guys are herded off revealing distance of where the bad guys are, the good guys had been, a distance of travel and where the group could look backwards to the distance. Seeing the illustrated version tells all. Brilliant work.
The largest draw back is that this is a two part tale. Though, considering this result, I have no doubt the entire tale gets even better.
Bottom line: i recommend this book: 10 out of 10 points.
February 26, 2021
I have a 1993 hardback reprint in French from Dupuis. Originally published as a book in 1988, I had previously read the first half of this story in the magazine Spirou, but this was interrupted by a house move from France to the UK. The team of Tome and Janry were, in my opinion, the best successors to Franquin and Fournier in running the flagship series of Editions Dupuis. I had read all of their preceding episodes in the magazine Spirou and hence had not bothered to buy the books. I’ll have to fix that mistake.
This particular episode is a rollicking boy’s own adventure (not a single female to be seen in here). The lads intend to infiltrate a closed Central Asian country in the Himalayas (very much a stand-in for Tibet), to investigate a mystery involving legends from the Middle Ages and disappeared mountaineers from the 1930s whilst having to nursemaid some sufferers of incurable hiccups as part of a medical trial that funds the expedition - in the hope of scaring these deadbeats into curing their affliction. That’s quite a premise, but the authors pull it off, spinning a hilarious and palpitating adventure ending on a high adventure cliff hanger, literally, this being the first of a two-parter.
The plot is faultless, albeit aimed at young kids, the humour zings, and the art is actually very sophisticated if you take time over it. This is a cracking episode that rewards repeated readings. I love the affectionate piss-take of Tintin in Tibet amongst the many in-jokes. High quality stuff.
This particular episode is a rollicking boy’s own adventure (not a single female to be seen in here). The lads intend to infiltrate a closed Central Asian country in the Himalayas (very much a stand-in for Tibet), to investigate a mystery involving legends from the Middle Ages and disappeared mountaineers from the 1930s whilst having to nursemaid some sufferers of incurable hiccups as part of a medical trial that funds the expedition - in the hope of scaring these deadbeats into curing their affliction. That’s quite a premise, but the authors pull it off, spinning a hilarious and palpitating adventure ending on a high adventure cliff hanger, literally, this being the first of a two-parter.
The plot is faultless, albeit aimed at young kids, the humour zings, and the art is actually very sophisticated if you take time over it. This is a cracking episode that rewards repeated readings. I love the affectionate piss-take of Tintin in Tibet amongst the many in-jokes. High quality stuff.
April 28, 2025
Spirou und Fantasio werden beauftragt, eine Gruppe von vom Schluckauf gequälten Invaliden in das Ferne Tubut-Chan zu begleiten, damit sie dort in Angst und Schrecken versetzt und dadurch vom Schluckauf geheilt werden können. Tubut-Chan ist ein von ihrer Nachbarnation besetztes Land, in dem Rebellen sich erbittert gegen die Unterdrücker zur Wehr setzen - und ein Ort, an dem vor vielen Jahren zwei Abenteurer für immer verschwanden. Spirou und Fantasio erfüllen ihre Rollen als Reiseleiter mit Bravado und navigieren die kleine Truppe durch Gefahren ohne Ende - bis sie in eine Überschwemmung geraten und von einem Strudel verschluckt werden...
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Ein sehr spektakulärer Auftakt für eine weitere Abenteuergeschichte - extrem actionreich gezeichnet, wenn auch nicht so witzig, wie ich es gern hätte.
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Ein sehr spektakulärer Auftakt für eine weitere Abenteuergeschichte - extrem actionreich gezeichnet, wenn auch nicht so witzig, wie ich es gern hätte.
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June 28, 2024اینکه چطور یک قصه میتواند بانمک باشد و چطور چرا «اسپیرو و فانتازیو» کمیک مهمی است در این قصه نهفته است. خب، تصاویر «اسپیرو» پر از جزییات بانمک است و با همتایانش مثل تنتن تفاوت دارد و شکلی از شوخطبعی در خود تصاویر هم هست. از طرفی ماجراهای خرقعادت و ماورالطبیعه. اما چرا قصه بانمک است؟ یک دانشمندی به اسپیرو و فانتازیو مراجعه میکند تا چندتا از مراجعانش را همراه خودشان ببرند؛ حالا چرا؟ چون مراجعانش به سکسکۀ دائمی دچار شدند و فقط نهایت هیچان باعث میشود خوب شوند. چطوری این قصه به ذهنشان خطور کرده؟ چندتا خلوچل که مدام سکسکه میکنند و حالا هم باید جانشان را نجات داد و به هیجان آوردشان.
April 13, 2020
Sprint og Kvikk reiser til et lite kjent og lukket land i Himalaya ledet av en maktsyk diktator. Med på turen følger en gruppe hikkepasienter som forhåpentlig skal kureres for hikke. Spennende, miljøet er levende. Det er absolutt paralleller til Mafiaens bønner, men det gjør ingenting. Og slutten er en skikkelig cliffhanger.
December 13, 2021
I loved this as a child and I still think it's a great story but all those racial stereotypes can be a bit of a bummer. Still, I'm rating keeping in mind that those were different times.
April 4, 2022
English Cinebook Edition = 2012
*Part 1 of 2 -> "Valley of the Exiles"
*Part 1 of 2 -> "Valley of the Exiles"
February 16, 2016
Kauan siihen meni, että Franquinin perintö ravistettiin pois, mutta pakko alkaa myöntää, että nämä ovat ihan toimivaa euro-viihdettä. Vauhdikasta ja sulavaa.
February 4, 2009
Weinig boeiend verhaal eigenlijk, het vervolg is veel genietbaarder.
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