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. The comics debuted in 1968, published in the children magazine ''

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''; it was later published by the comic magazine ''

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'' until 1990. A series of animation shorts was realized in 1969 for ''

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''. The comic consists of a surreal and zany parody of

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.Patrick Gaumer. ''Larousse de la BD''. Larousse, 2010 Several anthological books and collections were published over the years.

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