Comics have a number of sagas that have had a longevity beyond comprehension. From Dragon Ball to Superheroes Marvel, by way of Asterix, there is no shortage of examples. In view of the current climate, which is particularly gloomy, we wanted to escape and we offer you below a small panorama of the heroes sent into space by their authors. And to make it worse, no science fiction comics will appear in the article, today we will only be interested in characters from our beautiful blue planet.
Heroes on the moon.
Tintin
24 albums in almost 50 years of career, a legendary animated series, a film adaptation by Steven Spielberg, dozens of countries crossed and characters known to all, Tintin is undoubtedly the jewel in the crown of Franco-Belgian comics. Between 1950 and 1953, Hergé, author of the adventures of our journalist with the puff, worked on a diptych in space: Destination Moon/We walked on the Moon. We are almost 20 years before Apollo 11 (1969), it was a science fiction comic book at the time. Today, not content with being visually superb, this double album is improving with time.
The Smurfs
It’s 1967 and Peyo decides, for his saga "The Smurfs", to talk about the dream of space. To do this, he will tell the story of a false space flight, an deception created by the whole village to fulfill the dream of one of its inhabitants. Resonating quite finely with the current complotist climate, it is undoubtedly one of the best albums in the franchise.
Peanuts
Snoopy, the famous dog created by Schulz has been associated with NASA since the 1960s. The "silver Snoopy award", a medal for NASA workers, the fact that the only lunar module still in solar orbit is called Snoopy or that Schulz’s drawings were used to calibrate the colors of the cameras of Apollo 10 and you will easily understand that Snoopy and space, it is a love story that lasts.
Stars Lanfeust
Saga of Heroic Fantasy made in France, Lanfeust de Troy will know, after 8 volumes, a sequel taking place this time in space. Skilful mix between traditional Heroic Fantasy and science fiction pundits, it’s a bold but successful bet.
Spirou
The 52nd album of the adventures of Spirou and Fantasio, and the second album of the Vehlmann/Yoann duo, "The Hidden Face of the Z" brings back the fan-favorite villain of the saga: Zorglub. A compulsive megalomaniac, the latter this time beat a luxury residence on the moon, unless it was only a façade for a new Machiavellian plan...
Cape and fangs
Combining comics, novel, theater and cinema, "De Cape et de Crocs" is a classic of the last twenty years. And since from the sixth volume, our group, made up of a fox, a wolf and a rabbit, arrived on the moon, it would have been a shame not to quote it.
Space and comics
Space and comics
Space and comics
