L'Espiègle au grand cœur

L'Espiègle au grand cœur, a single-issue comic published by Dupuis in 1943, stands as a minor but charming artifact from the early years of the Belgian comics tradition. While its brief run leaves little room for narrative development, the title—translating roughly to "The Mischievous One with a Big Heart"—hints at the kind of warm, playful humor that would come to define the publisher's golden age. Its existence today offers a quiet glimpse into the wartime era of European comics, before the medium's great postwar boom.