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Spirou et Fantasio #2
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Cover of the Belgian edition
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Il y a un sorcier à Champignac by Franquin, is the second album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, but the first to tell a long intricate story, in contrast to the shorter format of previous publications. After appearing in segments in Le Journal de Spirou, it was released as a complete hardcover album in 1951.
Il y a un sorcier à Champignac (There is a Sorceror in Champignac) tells the story of how Spirou and Fantasio on a bicycle camping trip first encounters the town, mayor and Count of Champignac. They soon discover that there, nature has gone mad, and the villagers are nervous. To prevent the persecution of an innocent gypsy, they investigate the apparent sorcery and follow the clues that lead to what will become a long-lasting friendship.
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This album indicates an evolution in Franquin's line management from his previous drawing style, to a new treatment of characters and movement. Franquin's new Spirou is now distinct, and no longer an effort to draw Jijé's Spirou as precisely as possible. As it is Franquin's first truly long format story (it was created gradually in 2 page installments over 32 Spirou issues) this effort is more like a shorter story with a separate bonus story added to the end, the intial one being the remarkable work.
Jijé is credited as co-author of the script, after a scenario by Jean Darc, alias Henri Gillain, Jijé's brother.
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