Poulain

A minor but charming fixture of Dupuis' beloved Spirou magazine, Poulain made their debut in 1954 courtesy of the legendary André Franquin, one of the great architects of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. Emerging in the postwar Golden Age of European comics, Poulain shares the pages of Spirou with an illustrious crowd — Fantasio, Spip, Buck Danny, and Oncle Paul among them — placing this character squarely within one of the richest storytelling universes the continent ever produced. With 13 catalogued appearances spanning the mid-to-late 1950s, Poulain may be a compact presence, but any character touched by Franquin's pen and woven into the fabric of Spirou carries a little magic worth seeking out.