''Barelli'' is a

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series featuring an

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character, created by

Bob de Moor Robert Frans Marie De Moor (20 December 1925 – 26 August 1992), better known under his pen name Bob de Moor, was a Belgian comics creator. Chiefly noted as an artist, he is considered an early master of the Ligne claire style. He wrote and ...

, which first appeared in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''

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'' on July 27, 1950. ''Barelli'' made sporadic serial runs throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s while 8 albums in the series were released by Lombard and Bédescope.

Synopsis

Barelli is a theatre

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who often finds himself caught up in dangerous adventures.

Characters

*Georges Barelli, a native of Yugoslavia with an Italian name, is a stage actor who achieved international stardom playing Antonio in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. *Inspector Moreau, from the Judicial Police in Paris. *Journalist Randor, a friend of Georges Barelli. *Anne Nannah, an actress and friend of the actor with whom she is discreetly infatuated. *Sophia Barelli, Georges' aunt or "Georgio". *Vittorio Barelli, Georges' uncle and Sophia's brother.

Bibliography

Serialised stories

# ''L'enigmatique monsieur Barelli'' (''Tintin'', 30/1950 - 9/1951) # ''Barelli a nusa penida'' (''Tintin'', 10/1951 - 20/1952. Later Bob de Moor added pages to this adventure) # ''Barelli et les agents secrets'' (''Tintin'', 1964) # ''Barelli et le Bouddha boudant'' (''Tintin'', 1972) # ''Bonne mine à la mer'' (''Tintin'', 1974) # ''Barelli et le seigneur de Gonobutz'' (''Tintin'', 1976) # ''Barelli et la mort de Richard II'' (1980)

Album publications

#''L'énigmatique Mr Barelli'' (1956) Lombard #''Barelli et les agents secrets'' (1973), Lombard #''Barelli et le bouddha boudant'' (1974), Lombard #''Bonne mine à la mer'' (1975), Lombard #''Barelli à Nusa Penida T1'' (1980), Bédescope #''Barelli à Nusa Penida T2'' (1980), Bédescope #''Le Seigneur de Gonobutz'' (1980), Bedescope #''Barelli et la mort de Richard II'' (1980), Bedescope * ''Bruxelles Bouillonne'' (1989) Promotional comic book for the city of

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Sources

''Barelli'' publications in Belgian ''Tintin''
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BDoubliées

Bedetheque

References

Belgian comic strips 1950 comics debuts Comics characters introduced in 1950 Male characters in comics 1980 comics endings Fictional actors Fictional Belgian people Humor comics Adventure comics Belgian comics characters Lombard Editions titles Comics by Bob de Moor Bandes dessinées {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub