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Prunelle

Prunelle

10 appearances · Silver Age · 1968–2017
Who is Prunelle?

Prunelle is a supporting character in the Gaston Lagaffe series, created by André Franquin, who serves as the long-suffering editor at the Spirou magazine offices — perpetually exasperated by Gaston's chaos and incompetence yet unable to rid himself of his troublesome employee.

Born from the pen of the legendary André Franquin in 1968, Prunelle is a Silver Age creation from Dupuis who has quietly persisted across nearly five decades of Belgian comics history. A fixture of the beloved Gaston and Spirou universes, this character shares the page with icons like Spirou, Fantasio, and the irrepressible Gaston himself — rarefied company in the Franco-Belgian tradition. The fact that Prunelle has endured from the late 1960s all the way to 2017, appearing across flagship titles and collections like La Galerie des Gaffes, speaks to a staying power that any collector worth their salt will want to investigate. If you love classic Dupuis humor in its golden era, Prunelle is a name worth knowing.

Spirou
#1571
★ First appearance
Spirou #1571
May 1968

Top series

Covers through the years — 1999–2017

Gaston #19 1999
Gaston #19
La Galerie des Gaffes #[nn] 2017
La Galerie des Gaffes #[nn]

Appearances

Les Aventures de Spirou et Fantasio (1950)
#19
Gaston (1996)
#19
La Galerie des Gaffes (2017)