Violine - Vol. 3 - p.33-36

Don't do drugs, kids!

Can't really say much about today's batch without spoilering anything, so just download and enjoy!

Violine - Vol. 3 - The Iron Claw, p. 33-36: Download

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.53-56

In today's batch a lot of the questions that were raised during the course of the book will be answered. Also, our friends will have to make a difficult decision...

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 53-56: Download

Donito - Vol. 1 - p.37-40

More mutilated fish...

We're almost done with this book as well. Only four more pages. So those pirates better hurry up and find Carmina a tasty sacrifice!

Donito - The Siren of the Caribbean, p. 37-40: Download

Little Spirou - Vol. 13 - p.37-40

In today's pages: Spirou, Anton and Father Angelo help with a wedding ceremony; once again, Grandma enjoys traumatizing her grandson; Mister Musk and the boys go skiing; Grandma looks for a good parking spot.

By the way, we're almost through with this book. The next release will be the final one!

Little Spirou - Sweet Dreams!, p. 37-40: Download

Violine - Vol. 3 - p.29-32

Yes, that's the Iron Claw and, yes, that's all you'll get to see of him/her/it today. 

Don't get your hopes up, there won't be much Iron Claw action in this batch either. But don't worry, we still have 14 pages left...

Violine - Vol. 3 - The Iron Claw, p. 29-32: Download

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - Vol. 3 - p.49-52

Our friends leave Nepal and return to the castle of Champignac where an unexpected guest awaits them...
Only seven pages to go and there are still many questions that need yet to be answered. Oh, the suspense!

A Spirou & Fantasio Adventure - The Crypt of Champignac, p. 49-52: Download

A semi-related note: I checked the contents of this week's issue of Spirou magazine. No sign of more Little Fantasio. :(

S&F: Lost in translation

I just sent the next Spirou & Fantasio batch to my proofreader. Meanwhile, here's something I've been meaning to post for a while now. The above picture is an example for the subtle jokes Tarrin added to The Crypt of Champignac - unfortunately it's also an example for humor getting lost in translation:
"On a oublié" means "we forgot". "La capote" can mean different things. In the context of the story, it's referring to the convertible roof of their Turbotraction, which they forgot to close the night before. However, "capote" is also a French slang word for "condom". So the text in the panel can also be read  as "The condom! We forgot the condom!"...

Donito - Vol. 1 - p.33-36

Awkwardness

Today's release is mostly about Carmina the evil red-haired siren (and Captain Clod). As usual, there's talk about death, killing and whatnot... I love children's comics!

Donito - The Siren of the Caribbean, p. 33-36: Download

Little Spirou - Vol. 13 - p.33-36

Animal cruelty? But...but this isn't Donito!?!

In today's release: First Father Angelo wants to go to a fancy-dress ball with the boys, then they go to visit an old convent in the middle of the night, Spirou and Anton pretend to be pirates and Spirou goes looking for his dog.

Little Spirou - Sweet Dreams!, p. 33-36: Download

Little Fantasio - Valentine's Day Special

Here are the three new pages of The heroic youth of Fantasio I mentioned two days ago. I have to admit, I'm a bit disappointed this time. For a story about Fantasio, there's not very much Fantasio in there. In fact, half of the three pages deal with yet another one of Tarrin's "100% true" stories about one of his hysterical ex-girlfriends. I usually enjoy these stories when he tells them using his Lemur character, but bringing his personal relationship drama into the Spirou & Fantasio universe just seems out of place to me. (And reading the comments he received after posting the first page of this comic on his blog, it seems I'm not the only one who feels this way.)
One thing I did enjoy though was the cameo of a certain S&F character you should be very much familiar with, if you've been reading my translation of the The Crypt of Champignac.

The heroic youth of Fantasio - Valentine's Day Special '12: Download

Kamala Luonto - Lunatic Nature

The promised Little Fantasio pages are currently being proofread. Meanwhile, I'd like to introduce you to a Finnish comic strip I discovered a few weeks ago: Kamala Luonto. That's cute character design paired with crude jokes.

Kamala Luonto is about two best buddies - a lynx and a stoat - who are always looking for a good time. The two things they enjoy most are farting and playing pranks on the other animals, especially the sheep, the pig and the moose.

The comic strips were created by freelance illustrator and comic artist Jarkko Vehniäinen, who draws comics as well as caricatures for several Finnish newspapers and magazines.
Kamala Luonto has been around since 2002, when Vehniäinen created the characters to participate in the Arctic Comics Festival's drawing contest (where he reached the finals but didn't win).
In 2010, the book in the above picture, which contains 173 strips in black-and-white from 2002-2010, was published. I bought from a Finnish online shop two weeks ago. The price was €5.00 plus shipping.

To give you an idea what the comics are like, I translated some of them from Finnish to English. (However, I have to admit that even though I wanted to learn Finnish since I was 14, today - over a decade later - my knowledge of the Finnish language is still basic at best. So the translation of the following comics is based on my limited Finnish skills, an online dictionary and Google translate.)

Kamala Luonto
by Jarkko Vehniäinen
Price: 5.00€
ISBN: 978-952-5754-21-6

Coming soon: More Little Fantasio

Today the Valentine's Day special of Spirou magazine came out. Among other things, there is 3-page story about little Fantasio doing some research for his story on jealousy. And guess what, guys! I already have the RAWs! Is that cool or what? :)