Gala de gaffes à gogo
Gala de gaffes à gogo, written and drawn by Franquin and Jidéhem, is an album of the original "Gaston Lagaffe" series, numbered R1. It is made up of 59 pages and was published by Dupuis. It consists of a series of one-strip gags. Story. Monsieur De Mesmeaker appear for the first time and try to sign contracts, in vain. The Gaston-Latex also appear, causing running gags. Finally, Prunelle and Lebrac appear at the end of the album, but they do not play an important role as yet, and most strips feature only Fantasio  and Gaston. Background. This album was first published in the Italian format. As these albums were sold out, Dupuis decided to reprint it at the common Franco-Belgian album format. This album is made up of the original albums numbered 2 and 3. It was numbered R1 to distinguish it from the album #1, "R" being a French abbreviation for "réédition" ("re-publication").