The Amiable Mr. Mops

This is one of my favorite unknown comics by Hergé. It is centered around an amusing character who looks like Charlie Chaplin and acts like him too. These are mostly sight-gags. Not a lot of words, which fits the silent movie era feel. Hergé drew a handful of these for Le Bon Marche's store catalogue. In my opinion they are pretty hilarious! 

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I also enjoyed them so much that I wrote an audio drama based on them. Tying the separate pages together into a somewhat cohesive plot and story. You can listen to it here: https://audioadventuretheatre.blogspot.com/2011/01/episode-25-amiable-mr-mops.html.

Mr. Bellum

This is a short comic strip Hergé made during World War II. It shows a middle aged man (Mr. Bellum) adjusting to war-time life with all its restrictions and unpleasantness... but in a humorous way! Besides translating this into English, I also colored most of it. LOL. Not as sure about those results...

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Dropsy

Hello, it's been like a million years since I posted on this blog. And I really wasn't going to, but I looked back through my files and found many Hergé-related stuff that I had translated into English. And I thought, well, I might as well share it with other English Hergé fans if they would like to read this stuff in English and don't know French. So rather than let it sit on my hard drive only, I'm going to share them on here. All of this was translated by me, years ago. I hope you enjoy!

First of all, here is "Dropsy." This was a promotional short comic strip that Hergé wrote. Very similar in characters to Jo, Zette, and Jocko. It is told as a mystery type story.

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Quick & Flupke

Well, hello! This is the first batch of English translations that I am uploading.  And yes, I did translate everything I post on this blog myself. Font, etc. is mine as well.  Only the drawings are not; which of course they were all drawn by Hergé (Georges Remi).

Okay, well, the purpose of this blog is that I am going to be uploading English translations of Hergé-related-comics that are not currently available in any form in English.  I think these will be a great treat to Hergé fans, and I hope that you'll enjoy these.

First off the bat, I have here English translations of some Quick & Flupke books. This series was written by Hergé between the years 1930-1940, and are mostly 2-page gags. Hergé drew over 300 of these gags, and not all of them have been published in book form.  During the "Le Petit Vingtieme" years there were roughly 5 volumes put out in black and white; and then in the 1950-60s a 11 volume series was published called "The Exploits of Quick & Flupke" each book contained 16 gags. And then in the 1990s Casterman put out a 12-volume series of Quick & Flupke, each book containing 23 gags, with 11 of the volumes by Hergé and one volume with gags by Johan de Moor.  Well, it's three of those eleven volumes that I present translated here today (Excuse Me Ma'am, Catastrophe & Pranks and Jokes), and the file that you see labeled "13" is not an actual published volume. It's simply a collection I put together of Quick & Flupke gags by Hergé that never appeared in any of the 11 volumes.  So anyway, I hope you enjoy!


Volume 7 - Excuse Me Ma'am - Click to Download!

Volume 9 - Catastrophe - Click to DOWNLOAD!

Volume 10 - Pranks and Jokes - CLICK TO DOWNLOAD!

Volume 13 - What Audacity! - CLICK TO DOWNLOAD! 

 

 

Also, if you are interested in audio dramas, I have produced several audio dramas of many of the Quick & Flupke stories. You can listen to them at the links below. Thanks!

Quick & Flupke #1: Two of a Kind Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #2: Bluffmasters Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #3: Double Trouble Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #4: Forbidden Games Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #5: Pranks and Jokes Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #6: Catastrophe Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #7: All or Nothing Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #8: Haute Couture Audio Drama 

Quick & Flupke #9: Honesty Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #10: Quick Learns Boxing Audio Drama  

Quick & Flupke #11: What Weather! Audio Drama   

Quick & Flupke #12: Natural Disaster Audio Drama