1. Françaises et Américaines
Les Bandes Dessinées
Françaises et Américaines

2. Rodolphe Topffer

3. His Legacy
His father was a famous artist, but Rodolphe was blind and couldn’t follow in his footsteps.
Instead created a series of picture stories.
Is known as virtual inventor of the comic strip.
First strip released in 1827.
Became a teacher, author, cartoonist, and caricature artist.

4. By: René Goscinny and albert underzo
Asterix et obelix
By: René Goscinny and albert underzo

5. Characters Asterix: small, cunning warrior/hero.
Obelix: strong, unintelligent, fat, inseperable friend of asterix.
Getafix: local druid who cooks up magic potions.
Vitalstitistix: Brave and hot tempered village chief. Afraid of sky falling on his head.

6. Storyline Setting: 50 b.c. in gaul (now france)
Adventures of a village resisting roman occupation
Villagers get temporary super human strength from a magic potion
Humor: Stereotypes and feuds/flaws in the village

7. Lucky Luke
By: Maurice De Bevere

8. Characters
Lucky Luke: main character. Known to shoot faster than his own shadow.
Jolly Jumper: Luke’s horse. Smartest horse in the world.
Rantanplan: Luke’s dog. Stupidest dog in the universe.
The Dalton Brothers: the bad guys. Four brothers who are full of crime.

9. Storyline Setting: the American Old West
Luke travels around the country taking place in events that happened during the Old West and meeting people from that time.
Humor: based on cliches and stereotypes.

10. Tintin et Spirou (Snowy)
By: Georges Remi

11. Characters
Tintin: main character. A supposed orphan who is a teenage journalist.
Spirou/Milou (Snowy): Tintin’s white Jack Russell Terrier.

12. Storyline
Tintin sets out to investigate an assignment and winds up on an adventure.
Chronic good luck saves the day
Humor: his absent-mindedness.

13. By: Edgar Pierre Jacobs
Blake et Mortimer
By: Edgar Pierre Jacobs

14. Characters
Prof. Philip Mortimer: leading Scottish scientist in Britain
Cptn. Francis Blake: Welsh MI5 intelligence officer for Britain.
Clnl. Olrik: sworn enemy of Blake

15. Storyline Setting: the 1950s
The two friends lead detective investigations
Science fiction elements

16. Yoko Tsuno
By: Roger Leloup

17. Characters
Yoko Tsuno: Active, adventerous, and intelligent japanese woman searching for her roots.
Pol Pitron: close friend
Vic Video: close friend

18. Storyline
An electrical engineer who solves problems from ultra-modern problems with technology.
Travels through time and place
Brings new level of emotion and respect for opponents to comic strips.

19. Works Cited http://www.roman-empire.net/asterix/asterix.html