1. Les Bandes Dessinées By: Chloé (Vick)

2. Rodolphe Topffer Born on May 20, 1847 in Geneva Was originally a school teacher but turned in to “the Father of Comics” First published Histoire de M. Vieux Bois Has had 7 comic series published Histoire de M. Vieux Bois was published in the United States as The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck, and was the first American Comic Book

3. Series of French Comic Books written by René Goscinny Has been made in to 11 films Theme park in Paris named and centered after the comics: Parc Astérix First appeared in Pilote, a french magazine, October 29, 1959 –Today there have been 34 of the comics published –Comics have been published on a yearly basis

4. Created by Belgian, Maurice de Bevere (Morris) Created from 1946-2001 First featured in the magazine, Spirou then Pilote René Goscinny also aided in creating Lucky Luke Has been translated in 23 languages Most Popular Comic Book in Canada

5. First created in 1957 by Belgian, André Franquin Published by Spirou et Fantasio Originally published to fill in empty space until it became popular There is no English translation “Gaffe” actually means blunder- representing the clumsy main character

6. Began on January 10, 1929 Has been translated in to over 70 languages Tintin’s creators name is actually Georges Remi, but took on Hergé as his pen name Total over 230 million copies have been sold Was the building block for other comics such as ‘Blake and Mortimer’, ‘Alix’, ‘Ric Hochet’, and ‘Tintin et Milou’

7. Belgian Comic Series by Edgar P. Jacobs First appeared in Tintin in 1946 In 1997 there was a television series modeled after the comics Jacobs died in 1987, and since then Bob de Moor has been finishing the story for him When Jacobs was writing, the stories were set at the time in which they were written –Once others took over they set them only in the 1950’s

8. Written by Belgian Roger Leloup Leloup first began drawing in 1968 First published by Dupuis, then Spriou in 1970 Contains 24 volumes Has been translated from French in to 13 different languages Series is based in Belgium; however, the characters constantly travel around

9. Comparison Mostly written by Belgian Artists Most popular include Tintin, Astérix, and Blake et Mortimer Written mostly by British Artists Many recognize Batman, Superman, and Phantom American French Have been translated in to many different languages Many made in to either a movie or a television series Both

10. Bibliography "Blake and Mortimer -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 11 Mar. 2010.."Comic Creator: Rodolphe T." Lambiek.Net Comics Art. Web. 11 Mar. 2010..” Lucky Luke -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 11 Mar. 2010.. "Tintin Comic Magazine." Lambiek.Net Comics Art. Web. 11 Mar. 2010.. Web. 11 Mar. 2010..