Roba
Dupuis
Boule, c’est le petit garcon aux cheveux roux. Bill, c’est son cocker. Il y a aussi le papa (“bricoleur” et gaffeur) et la maman (exemplaire) de Boule, leur pavillon et leur petit jardin.
Depuis 1959, Roba (qui vient de passerle témoin à Verron) fait vivre sa petite famille à l’abri du monde et des soucis. Cette série n’a pas pris une ride.
Boule & Bill, ou le bonheur quotidian raconté aux enfants dans des gagas au dessin plein de charme.
La Bande à Bill reste une valeur sûre, un album agréable et optimiste qu’on peut mettre entre toutes les mains.
Boule et Bill first appeared in Spirou magazine in 1959 in a so-called micro-story, a story in 32 very small pages, printed on four pages of the magazine. Roba had until then mainly made illustrations for the magazine and had helped some other authors (including André Franquin), and now started with his own series. A few months later, a four page comic with the same heroes appeared, and shortly thereafter Roba created a weekly one page comic. For the next twenty-five years, Boule et Bill was one of the most popular series of the magazine, and appeared mostly on the back cover. 21 Albums were edited by Dupuis until 1985, containing one long story and some 800 gags. Thereafter, Roba changed from editor, moving to Dargaud. In 2006, Jean Roba died, but he had announced that he wanted the series to be continued, and had appointed Verron as his successor
Boule et Bill related the homely adventures of a 7 year old boy Boule and his dog Bill, a Cocker Spaniel. The dog, while slightly anthropomorphized, basically acts as a normal dog, and the whole series places comical adventures in the realistic setting of a normal family in a normal town, with normal lives. A lot of the jokes revolve around the eccentricities of Boule's father. Most gags happen in or around the house, while almost every year a few gags happened on the holidays of the family, usually at the beach. Boule's family is his mother and father, and their two pets Bill and Caroline, a turtle.
(Source : www.Wikipedia.org)
- Volumes available :
Boule et Bill 13 - Papa, maman, Boule...
Boule et Bill 17 - Ce coquin de cocker
Boule et Bill 19 - Ras le Bill
Boule et Bill 21 - Bill est maboul
A good book is a good friend – Un bon livre est un bon ami
