Tome – författare

Svartkonst och Champinjoner, Uppgörelse i Chinatown och Drömfabriken blev de sista albumen som skrevs av Tome och tecknades av Janry. I det fylliga bakgrundsmaterialet kan du läsa om skaparduons sista år med Spirou. Helt kom de dock inte undan, och en kort extra historia återfinns i slutet av boken.

Fantasio, chasing a scoop, slips through a cordon sanitaire surrounding a cargo ship fresh from Antarctica. He's hoping to investigate some disturbing rumours about the base where the ship comes from. But a seriously ill man has escaped the quarantine and begs for assistance. The Count of Champignac can help, but only if he has access to a very rare toxin - one that is stored, for example, in that mysterious ice base, where more patients await...

When an unscrupulous shopkeeper settles a debt with Fantasio by offering him a mysterious 'gizmo', the reporter has no idea how much trouble is following in the thing's wake. It turns out to be a sort of robot that soon takes our heroes on a mad chase leading to Champignac - and an equally mysterious young woman sequestered in a cellar. And as if that wasn't enough, every electrical appliance in town seems to be going haywire...

Spirou and Fantasio are spending a few days at Champignac Castle, keeping an eye on the estate while the Count is away visiting family. One night, as they are preparing to watch a comet pass in the sky, Fantasio's clumsiness causes them to lose consciousness. They awaken to the very noisy arrival of de Champignac aboard one of his strange machines - except that the old man claims to be not the Count himself, but one of his descendants... back from the future!

Even in the worst of places, you'll be all right as long as you have your best friend with you. Right...? Spirou and Fantasio, swallowed by the raging waters of the river, find themselves in an unknown valley filled with very peculiar, and very dangerous, life. As they brace themselves to face a hostile nature long enough to find their way out, Fantasio contracts a deadly disease that turns him into a homicidal maniac. Spirou must now find a way to save him-and himself-and escape the deserted valley. If it really is deserted, that is...

The Marsupilami, a mysterious animal that Spirou and Fantasio discovered in the jungle of Palombia, now resides in their local zoo. When he seems to drop dead suddenly, the reporters storm into the park demanding explanations. Much to everyone's surprise, though, the body has disappeared - stolen! The two adventurers lose the thief after a night-time chase, but they will not abandon their friend, no matter where their loyalty may take them!

Back in the present after their adventures through time, Spirou and Fantasio try to pick up their life where they left off. But the magazine refuses to publish Fantasio's account of their extraordinary journey, and he falls into depression. Until, that is, the bizarre and annoying Snuffeller reappears, bearing a call for help from Aurelien de Champignac, 'their' count's descendant. A trip to the future appears in order - but what terrible discoveries await our intrepid reporters?

Im Laufe des Lebens eines Künstlers oder eben eines Menschen, der sich im Laufe der Zeit zu einem solchen entwickelt, entstehen gar viele Versuche, die Kunst zu nennen möglicherweise eine Anmaßung bedeuten, aber dennoch eben auf dem Weg zur Entwicklung der eigenen Kunst eine Bedeutung haben, und sei es auch nur für den Künstler selber. Diese Werke aber gehen in den meisten Fällen verloren, werden selbst vom Künstler als unwichtig betrachtet, weil sie eben noch nicht die schlussendliche auch von ihm selbst erwartete Qualität darstellen. Dennoch sind sie aber wichtig, denn mit der Findung seines ganz persönlichen und eigenen Weges ist der Künstler oft sein halbes Leben lang beschäftigt, mit der Suche danach also, die Suche nach dem Ziel. Wenn dieses denn einmal erreicht werden sollte; wäre das dann aber nicht das Ende des künstlerischen Schaffens ein Stopp in seiner Entwicklung; gar ein Rückschritt!?? Gibt es überhaupt jemals ein Ende für einen Künstler? Hat nicht sogar der große Michelangelo mit 80 Jahren noch gesagt: "Ich bin noch am Üben."… also am Suchen.Wie auch immer… in diesem Büchlein (vielleicht wird es ja sogar ein richtiges Buch), sind Werke von mir in einer Reihenfolge abgebildet, die nicht den Anspruch erheben, chronologisch korrekt eingeordnet zu sein. Es ist vielmehr ein willkürlich zusam-mengewürfeltes Potpourri von dreidimensionalen Sachen, Basteleien, Versuchen, Skizzen, Auftragsarbeiten, Bewerbungen, Ideen und Entwürfen, die in den letzten 45 Jahren ent-standen sind - ohne großen Qualitätsanspruch; Dinge, die ich irgendwann einmal foto-grafiert, dokumentiert und die ich für dieses Buch zusammengesucht und gefunden habe.

Innehåller utvalda sidor med fokus på den unge Spirous gymnastiklärare. Sidorna har tidigare tryckts i serien Den unge Spirou.

Spirou and Fantasio's friend, the Count of Champignac, asks them to join him in Australia, where he has heard that an ancient monolith is still standing. When they arrive, Champignac's colleague Walker Donahue informs them that Champignac has been abducted by local gangster Sam. The monolith they're after stands in the vicinity of an aboriginal mining village, which is constantly prey to white prospectors trying to steal indigenous resources. Spirou and Fantasio must save Champignac from Sam's clutches and help him find the legendary monolith while standing by the aboriginal people.

Spirou and Fantasio have won a million dollars and a trip to New York City. How lucky! Well, maybe not that lucky, since it's all a plot by Don Cortizone to change his own fortune in his struggle against The MandarinA"-by enlisting the help of truly lucky people. Before long, the two reporters find themselves in the middle of a shooting war between Italian Mafia and Chinese Triad-and they'll have to make their own luck.