Achille Talon fait son ménage

by Greg

Tome 2 de la collection.

Genres: Bande Dessinée

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Pseudonym of Michel Regnier, who also published as Michel Denys and Louis Albert. He legally changed his name to Michel Greg in 1975.

The series for which Greg is best known, Achille Talon, began in 1963 in Pilote magazine, also the source of comics such as Asterix. Regnier became editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine in 1966 and remained so until 1974. He introduced a more adult genre, with less perfect heroes and more violence. He created some of his most famous series like Bruno Brazil and Bernard Prince in this period, and introduced artists like Hermann to the magazine. In 1975 he became literary director for the French publisher Dargaud and launched Achille Talon magazine.
As "Greg", Regnier was one of the most prolific creators of Franco-Belgian comics, working in all genres and collaborating with many other European artists and scriptwriters. Well known for working with artist Hermann, Greg also worked with André Franquin, Eddy Paape (Luc Orient), Dany, Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny, and many others. It is estimated that he contributed as a writer and an artist to some 250 comic albums.
Hergé asked him to remake two of The Adventures of Tintin — The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun — into a script for one long animated movie, Tintin and the Temple of the Sun. He also wrote the script for Tintin and the Lake of Sharks.

Reviews

[Feirodenn]

On retrouve dans cet album Achille Talon dont les disputes avec son voisin Lefuneste sont les lieux de nombreux gags. Talon est alors l'archétype du bourgeois imbu de lui-même, qui n'hésite pas à donner la leçon aux autres tout en ayant un caractère des plus égocentrique et condescendant. On y retrouve des gags typiques de cette époque où la ménagère, Mme Talon, va poursuivre son mari pour qu'il participe aux tâches domestiques, où des inspecteurs partent dans un délire de polar fantasmé. On y retrouve aussi la carricature de Goscinny dans l'un des gags, ou bien un clin d'œil à Gotlib.

[Tristan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Back in the pre digital era, the marketing departments of multinationals actually made the effort to produce things rather than just relying on snide remarks on social media, which had not yet been invented. This was a free book distributed with a full tank of fuel on the motorway to shut up the kids in the back of the car on the way to their summer holidays or back home. Surprisingly it is a newly curated collection rather than a knock-off of an existing book. They actually gave it some thought. So it’s a pleasure to read, which I have done many times over the decades, and hence a four star book by my rules, even if these aren’t the best comic strips of this particular character. It’s still very funny.

[Gregoire · Rating 3 out of 5]

Avec Gaston Lagaffe, un de mes héros de jeunesse plus sur le jeu de mots et l'oeil critique sur le monde moderne que sur la beauté du dessin mais tout de même, un classique incontournable