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''Les Aventures de Timothée'' (The Adventures of Timothée) by Albéric Bourgeois was first published in the newspaper ''La Patrie'' in 1904. Also in 1904, the adventures of ''Le Père Ladébauche'' (Father Debauchery), created by Hector Bethelot in ''La Presse''. The comical character Onésime was created by Albert Chartier in 1943. First presented in serial fashion in ''Croc'', the adventures of Jerome Bigras in Bungalopolis were published as albums in 1992 ''(Bungalopolis)'' and 1994 ''(On a marché sur mon gazon)''. Jerome Bigras lives in an absurdist version of suburbia with his pet, a leaking lawnmower. Both albums received the Onésime Prize. The author, Jean-Paul Eid, has also done the drawings for ''Memoria'', a fantastic adventure set in a parallel world, to a text written by Claude Paiement. COMICS VERSUS HUMOUR Historical precedents has made it difficult for comic strips and comic books to be considered separately from humour in Quebec. For example, the most popular sources of comics in Quebec were magazines such as Croc (now defuct) and Safarir. In 2005, the largest comic book event ever in Montreal, was organized and sponsored partly by the producers of the Just For Laugh (Juste Pour Rire) comedy Festival in cooperation with Le Salon Du Livre de Montreal. DISTRIBUTION Comics are well distributed in bookstores where they are great sellers, although local products are difficult to find outside speciality store like Fichtre or Studio 9. Quebec-based comic strips are rarely published in the large news paper networks, even in Francophone publications. Instead, publishers favour American-based syndicated series. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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