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Input (English): Context: Spirou et les hommes - bulles ( Spirou and the bubble - men ) , written and drawn by Franquin , is the seventeenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series . The title story appeared sequentially ( in black & white ) in Le Parisien Libéré , and only the accompanying story Les petits formats was serialised in Spirou magazine as well , before both were published in a hardcover album in 1964 ., Fantasio is a fictional character from the "Spirou et Fantasio" comic strip. He was introduced in 1944 by Jijé, who was then drawing Spirou's adventures. Fantasio is Spirou's best friend and co-adventurer, a graphic reporter with an uncontrolled imagination and a mop of blond hair. In his early incarnation, he was considerably taller than Spirou, with a clown-like demeanour, and his hairstyle resembled that of Blondie character Dagwood Bumstead. In the Franquin era, he and Spirou became more alike. He has an evil megalomaniac cousin, Zantafio, who is his sworn enemy but bears a strong physical resemblance to him., Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix (or "Astérix le Gaulois") is a series of French comics. The series first appeared in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine "Pilote" on 29 October 1959. It was written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo until the death of Goscinny in 1977. Uderzo then took over the writing until 2009, when he sold the rights to publishing company Hachette. As of 2015, 36 volumes have been released., Joseph Gillain, better known by his pen name Jijé (13 January 1914  19 June 1980), was a Belgian comics artist, best known for being a seminal artist on the "Spirou et Fantasio" strip (and for having introduced the Fantasio character) and the creator of one of the first major European western strips, "Jerry Spring"., The Adventures of Tintin is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a century after Hergé's birth in 1907, "Tintin" had been published in more than 70 languages with sales of more than 200 million copies., Zantafio is a recurring fictional antagonist in the "Spirou et Fantasio" comic book series. He was created by André Franquin and first appeared in "Spirou et les héritiers" (1952). Zantafio bears a strong resemblance to Fantasio, because they are cousins. In "Le dictateur et le champignon" (1953), he is a South-American dictator of the fictional country Palombia., Spirou et Fantasio is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comics. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European humorous adventure comics like "The Adventures of Tintin" and "Asterix". It has been written and drawn by a succession of artists., Subject: spirou et les hommes-bulles, Relation: author, Options: (A) albert uderzo (B) andré franquin (C) hergé (D) one (E) rené goscinny
Output (English): andré franquin