The document discusses several popular French comic book characters including Asterix, Tintin, Boule et Bill, Gaston Lagaffe. It provides some background information about when and by whom each character was created. It also mentions that comic books, called bandes dessin辿艶s or BD, are very popular in France with large sections dedicated to them in bookstores.
2. The French take their cartoon heroes very seriously. A comic book is called a Bande Dessin 辿艶 or BD for short. The BD section of a French bookshop is always well stocked and very popular.
3. Ast 辿rix Created in 1959 by Ren辿 Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). They are probably the most popular French comic in the world, and familiar to people of all ages in most European countries. Asterix is less well known in the United States and Japan , which both have strong comic book traditions of their own.
4. Les aventures de Tintin Drawn and written by the Belgian writer-artist Georges Remi a.k.a. Herg辿 , is one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. According to BBC magazine, over 200 million copies of the comic books have been sold to date, with translations into over 58 languages. The hero of the series is a young reporter and traveller named Tintin, aided by his faithful dog Snowy, Captain Haddock and a variety of colourful supporting characters.
5. Boule et Bill Boule is no different than the other kids on the block. His best friend is his cuddly but mischievous cocker Bill. Besides Boule, Bill has one big passion in his life: Caroline, the lovely tortoise... In a family surrounding overflowing with tenderness and a lust for life, the idiocies and the pranks of Boule and Bill make readers of all ages roar with laughter. http://www.tfou.fr/accesN3.asp?url=/MesHeros/MesSeries/boule_bill/home.asp
6. Gaston Lagaffe He is the main character of the comic strip Gaston , originally created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist Andr辿 Franquin in the Belgian comic strip magazine, Spirou . He is an extremely popular pop culture icon in France , and since the 1980s also appears on a wide variety of merchandise. La gaffe is French for "the gaffe ".
7. Fais une carte didentit 辿 sur un personnage de BD Pr 辿nom/ Nom: Habite: ge: Description physique: Caract 竪re: Aime: Naime pas: PHOTO