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Gaston is a Belgian gag-a-day comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou. The series focuses on the everyday life of Gaston Lagaffe (whose surname means "the blunder"), a lazy and accident-prone office junior who works at Spirou's office in Brussels. Gaston is very popular in large parts of Europe (especially in Belgium and France) and has been translated into over a dozen languages, but except for a few pages by Fantagraphics in the early 1990s (as Gomer Goof), there was no English translation until Cinebook began publishing English language editions of Gaston books (again named 'Gomer Goof') in July, 2017. Gaston Lagaffe follows the classic "gag" format of Franco-Belgian comics: one-page stories (initially half-a-page) with an often visual punchline, sometimes foreshadowed in the dialogue. The humour mixes slapstick, puns and running gags. Franquin's style is characterised by extremely nervous characters and action and very quotable dialogue. The series is much loved not only for its perfectly timed comedy, but also for its warm outlook on everyday life. Although Gaston works at Spirou magazine and one of his colleagues is a cartoonist, the series satirises office life in general rather than the publishing or comics business; Franquin himself worked at home. In the later episodes, the reader could discover a visual reference to the story in Franquin's signature at the bottom of the page.
- Des gaffes et des dégâts, 1982, 59pp. ISBN 2800100885
- Lagaffe nous gâte, 1983, 59 pp. ISBN 2800100907 (plastic cover)
- Le cas Lagaffe, 1981, 52 pp. ISBN 2800100915 (plastic cover)
- Le géant de la gaffe, 1982, 52 pp. ISBN 2800100923
- Gaffes, bévues et boulettes, 1982, 44 pp. ISBN 2800103302 (plastic cover)
- Le gang des gaffeurs, 1981, 44 pp. ISBN 2800104007 (plastic cover)
- Lagaffe mérite des baffes, 1979, 46 pp. ISBN 2800106581 (plastic cover)
- La saga des gaffes, 1982, 44 pp ISBN 2800109556 (plastic cover)
- Gaston 19, 1999, 52 pp. ISBN 2912536316 (MARSU PRODUCTIONS)
- Gaston Lagaffe Champion! , 2018, ISBN 9791034730919
- Gaston Gaffes au volant Best Of, 2003, ISBN 2800134526
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(R) Réédition series
- R1 Gala de gaffes à gogo, 1982, 59 pp ISBN 2800100931 (plastic cover)
- R2 Le bureau des gaffes en gros, 1982, 52 pp. ISBN 280010094X (plastic cover)
- R3 Gare aux gaffes du gars gonflé, 1982, 52 pp. ISBN 2800103086 (plastic cover)
- R4 En direct de la gaffe, 1980, 44pp ISBN 2800103701 (plastic cover)
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