Last post of the year

I spent Christmas at my family's place. It's been five years since we all celebrated together because we all live far away from each other. So I flew to my mom's place and I was very happy that it hadn't snowed, because I don't like flying when it's snowed. I'm always afraid there might be ice on the runway…

Anyway, I had a good time and we even made a short trip across the border where I found my favorite chocolate:

Fazer's Salmiakki. It's basically milk chocolate filled with liquid soft licorice. Heavenly!

I actually wanted release more pages this week but I had to take care of some RL duties instead, so sorry about the recent lack of releases.

About my scanlation plans for the next year: DanielBT, a very talented young proof-reader, has been reviewing all the pages I've done so far and currently I'm busy redoing them according to the improvement suggestions he sent me. So I'll be working on that next week. However, I'll also try to squeeze in another Little Spirou and maybe a Violine release.

Happy New Year!

Christmas break

Sorry for the recent lack of updates. Currently I'm on a little Christmas break. I'll resume relasing new pages early next week.

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.37-40

More adventures in the snow. Is the Zorglumobile damaged beyond repair? What about the Count? And what happened to Fantasio? What will Spirou and Seccotine discover in the caves? Find out some of the answers in today's four pages.

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 37-40: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Donito - Vol. 1 - p.21-24

Here are pages 21-24. In other words: I translated over half of the book. Hooray! Only 20 pages left!

One thing I find very amusing about this comic is that there is actually very little Donito in "Donito". I mean I've done 24 pages so far and that kid appears in only 6 of them. (Okay, seven, if you count the one page where he is shown sleeping in his bed in the background in one single panel...)

Also, am I the only one who finds it odd that Bigaloo the Seal actually has two hind legs instead of flippers? A very strange seal indeed...

Donito - The Siren of the Caribbean, p. 21-24: Download (updated 2012-02-05)

Violine - Vol. 3 - p.13-16

Violine and Kombo continue their journey inside the Iron Bird. Will Kombo's predictions about their fate come true? And what about the visions he had about the whiskey? Download and find out!

Violine - Vol. 3 - The Iron Claw, p. 13-16: Download (updated 2012-01-04)

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.33-36

Lots of action in these four pages. The Count is finally losing it... Personally, I think these decades of "experimenting" with mushrooms have something to do with it as well. ;-)

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 33-36: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Little Spirou - Vol. 13 - p.21-24

Yay! Another Grandma comic! And more about the teachers! And young boys in uniforms!

Little Spirou - Sweet Dreams!, p. 21-24: Download (updated 2012-01-04)

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.29-32

Here are pages 29 to 32. (That means over half of the book is done. Yay!) In today's pages our friends finally arrive in Nepal, the Count shows us another one of his remarkable inventions and you'll learn his full name (if you don't already know it from the other books, that is)!

Extra info about the Count's name: André Franquin said to find a name for the Count he and his wife looked through a name day calender and chose the ones that sounded the funniest.

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 29-32: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Donito - Vol. 1 - p.17-20

Captain Clod and his pirates try their best to find a suitable human sacrifice for Carmina the Siren. They even get involved in some monkey business...

Donito - The Siren of the Caribbean, p. 17-20: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Little Fantasio - woot?!

Apparently, Fabrice Tarrin is working on a new comic for Spirou magazine called "La jeunesse héroïque de Fantasio" (engl. "The heroic youth of Fantasio") and the first six pages will be published in next week's issue N°3843.

Tarrin posted the first page on his blog:

(click on the pic for full resolution)

I'm so thrilled about this comic and I'd love to read (and translate) more of it. So here's my question: Is anyone scanning current issues of Spirou magazine or does anyone know where I can find said scans?

For this comic alone I'd actually buy the magazine and scan the pages myself, but unfortunately they don't sell it in the country I live in. (The only way to get a hold of Spirou magazine here is to get a one-year subscription which costs about 200€ and that's a bit too much for me.) And even on ebay.fr current Spirou issues are surprisingly hard to find... :-(

Violine - Vol. 3 - p.09-12

The doctor proves to be a master of disguise. Also, be prepared for a family reunion of a different kind...urgh!

Violine - Vol. 3 - The Iron Claw, p. 09-12: Download (updated 2012-01-04)

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.25-28

Four wonderful pages about frost protection, horrible music, chocolate and mind control.

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 25-28: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Little Spirou - Vol. 13 - p.17-20

In today's release you'll find two more comics about our beloved P.E. teacher Mister Musk, one about Father Angelo and one featuring a little Little Spirou.

Little Spirou - Sweet Dreams!, p. 17-20: Download (2012-01-04)

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.21-24

The Count makes good use of one of his mushroom extracts while Seccotine shares some secret information with Fantasio. But didn't our friends forget something?...

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 21-24: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Donito - Vol. 1 - p.13-16

The Admiral has a less than pleasant encounter with monkeys. Meanwhile Carmina the Siren heads out to collect the human sacrifices Captain Clod still owes her.

Donito - The Siren of the Caribbean, p. 13-16: Download (updated 2012-02-05)

Violine - Vol. 3 - p.05-08

The next four pages are ready for download: Violine may have found new clues about her father's whereabouts, Kombo wreaks havoc (again) and the Doctor is getting himself into trouble.

Violine - Vol. 3 - The Iron Claw, p. 05-08: Download (updated 2012-02-09)

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.17-20

In this release you'll learn more about the countless inventions and talents of Cosmas of Champignac. Also, Seccotine reveals to Spirou and Fantasio what Monsieur Zanskar is hoping to find in the Tibetan mountains.

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 17-20: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Little Spirou - Vol. 13 - p.13-16

Today's four pages of Little Spirou feature the...um, "highly motivated" P.E. teacher Mr. Musk. He introduces Spirou and his friends some rather exotic kinds of sport like "Yamakosu".

Little Spirou - Sweet Dreams!, p. 13-16: Download (updated 2012-01-04)

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.13-16

Spirou, the Count and Seccotine find some amazing things in the chapel. Also, get ready to venture deep down into the Crypt of Champignac!

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 13-16: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Donito - Vol. 1 - p.09-12

After you've already been introduced to Alice the giant octopus, get ready to meet yet another over-sized sea creature in today's release.

Donito - The Siren of the Caribbean, p. 09-12: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

New project: Violine - Vol. 3 - The Iron Claw

I decided to add one more book to my "Ongoing Projects" list: Violine - Vol. 3 - The Iron Claw. (Thanks for providing me with the RAWs, data 9724!) The first two books have already been translated by Jan Panda, so I'll simply continue where he left off.

Violine - Vol. 3 - The Iron Claw, p. 01-04: Download (updated 2012-01-04)

Re-upload day

Thanks to fellow scanlator data9724 I got hold of new scans of Donito! They are way better than the ones I have! So I decided to re-do the pages I did so far using the new high-quality scans. See the download links below for the new version.

data9724 and I also had a good discussion about the names of the characters in Little Spirou. We agreed that it's necessary to change some of them for the English version. So I reuploaded the Little Spirou folder with the pages 5-8 that contained a character sheet.

Donito - The Siren of the Caribbean, p. 01-04: Download
Donito - The Siren of the Caribbean, p. 05-08: Download
Little Spirou - Sweet Dreams!, p. 05-08: Download

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.09-12

Spip the squirrel has gone missing, so the group starts looking for it. The tracks lead them to an old chapel in the darker parts of Champignac...

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 09-12: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Little Spirou - Vol. 13 - p.09-12

The next Little Spirou batch. In this one there are four stand-alone comics. Just a little word of warning: If you got a problem with nude comic characters i.e. a Little Spirou with no pants on playing at the beach, then...um, don't download! The page I'm talking about is neither indecent nor obscene, but I figured I better warn you just in case.

Little Spirou - Sweet Dreams!, p. 09-12: Download (updated 2012-01-04)

Four-page releases - wtf?

Okay, so I have been asked why I'm releasing only four pages at a time instead of translating the whole book and making it available for download then.
Well, personally I prefer to read smaller batches in shorter intervals than having to wait for weeks for a complete release and I figured maybe so do some of you.
Also, this way I can work on several books at a time as I like being able to switch between different comics when translating.

And the way I'm doing it is actually not that unusual. After all, before the comics I'm doing right now became available in book-form, they were published in small batches in Spirou magazine first. Take the Spirou & Fantasio I'm working on for example: The comic was published in the magazine over a period of ten weeks. That's six pages per week. At my current rate I'm releasing eight pages a week, so you're actually better off than the Spirou mag readers were. ;)

And in the end, it's up to you whether you download my smaller releases or just wait for the complete book.

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.05-08

Find out what happened to the castle of Champignac and why the Count is wrapped up in bandages like a mummy!

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 05-08: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Donito - Vol. 1 - p.05-08

Introducing Donito and his parents, Donito's best friend Bigaloo the seal, the evil siren Carmina and her trusty giant octopus Alice. Also more about the mysterious Cavern of the Nautilus.

Donito - The Siren of the Caribbean, p. 05-08: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Little Spirou - Vol. 13 - p.05-08

Here are the next four pages of Little Spirou Vol. 13. Today's release includes the last two pages of the six-page comic about Spirou and Grandma going to the hospital (download the other four pages here), a character page about André-Baptiste Depérinconu, Miss Chiffre, Grandma and Spirou's Mom and a one-page comic.

Little Spirou - Sweet Dreams!, p. 05-08: Download (updated 2012-01-04)

Donito - Vol. 1 - p.01-04

Not much Donito in those first four pages of Donito. However, you'll get to know the Marquise (both of them), the Admiral and his loyal servant Guénolé.

Donito - The Siren of the Caribbean, p. 01-04: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.01-04

And here begins Spirou's and Fantasio's adventure. While a team of mountain climbers in Nepal is having difficulities advancing to some mysterious caves, Spirou and Fantasio are on their way to the Count of Champignac.

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 01-04: Download (updated 2012-01-18)

Little Spirou - Vol. 13 - p. 01-04

Here are the first four pages of Little Spirou - Sweet Dreams!. In this comic Spirou wants to accompany his grandma to the hospital to help her pass a memory test.

Little Spirou - Sweet Dreams!, p. 01-04: Download (updated: 2012-01-04)

And off we go...

What can you expect to find here? I'll start off with the scanlation of the books: Donito (Vol. 1), A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure: The Crypt of Champignac and Little Spirou (Vol. 13). See the Ongoing Projects page for further details. If you enjoy rum-drinking purple seals, mysterious Tibetan princesses and / or grumpy, cursing old grannies, then you will enjoy at least one of these comics.

I won't follow a set release schedule, but rather upload a few pages whenever I can. You'll find them on my mediafire.

Feel free to also check out my other scanlation blog which focusses on the comics of Fabrice Tarrin.