User:Murgh/Fantasio
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Fantasio is a fictional character from the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip, created by Jijé some time during World War II, and introduced in 1944 as a hotel detective at L'hotel Moustique where Spirou worked as a bellboy, in the flagship series that ran in Le Journal de Spirou.
[edit] Original appearance
Fantasio is Spirou's best friend and co-adventurer, a graphic reporter with an uncontrolled imagination and a mop of blond hair. He has an evil megolomaniac cousin, Zantafio, who is his sworn enemy but bears a strong physical resemblance to him. For a full list of the comic strip's story and albums, please refer to the Spirou et Fantasio article.
[edit] In Gaston Lagaffe
Fantasio also appeared in the Gaston Lagaffe comic strip, where he was the main character's superior, often seen trying to sign contracts with Monsieur De Mesmaeker. In opposition to his role in Spirou, in Gaston Fantasio was a serious character, playing straight man to Gaston's goofy antics, who thus becomes to Fantasio what Fantasio is to Spirou. However, Fantasio left that series when André Franquin left Spirou et Fantasio after the album Panade à Champignac (taking Gaston and the Marsupilami with him), being replaced in the role by Léon Prunelle.
[edit] See also
[[Category:Spirou characters]] [[Category:Fictional reporters]] [[fr:Fantasio]] [[lb:Fantasio]]
