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"Natacha and P'tit Bout d'Chique"

"Natacha et P'tit Bout d'Chique" by François Walthéry - at the corner of rue de l'Arsenal and rue Hergé. This painted wall is the work of Walthéry, a Belgian draftsman. He began his career as an assistant at the Peyo studio. He then worked on The Smurfs and Benoît Brisefer. It was in 1970 that he created, with Gos and Delporte, his heroine Natacha. It is an air hostess who travels to the four corners of the world and who, with her friend Walter, a steward, gets out of a thousand perilous situations... The series has 21 volumes to date. At the end of the 80s, P'tit bout d'chique appeared. If Natacha is adventure, P'tit bout d'chique is poetry and tenderness. Here are the two heroes united in this fresco at the height of a man.
Year: 1999.
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"The Black Baron"

"Le Baron Noir" by Got and Pétillon - rue Hergé, near the Caisse d'Epargne. You have to look up to see the Black Baron! This eagle is the main character of the comic strip by Got and Pétillon, prize for the best album at the international comic strip festival in 1977. "Le baron noir" is a comic strip originally published in the daily "Le matin de Paris" from 1976 to 1981. The comic depicts sheep facing an eagle, the Black Baron, their most terrible predator. This comic is a very funny parody and critique of our society. Here, in a single drawing, in a single gag, we find all the humor of the series. René Pétillon, the cartoonist, received the grand prize at the Angoulême comic strip festival in 1989.
Year: 1999.
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"Gaston and Prunelle"

"Gaston and Prunelle" by Franquin - rue Hergé, passage Marengo, 1st floor window. Everyone knows Gaston the greatest blunderer of all time! He can be seen here playing the gaffophone, a kind of huge harp producing sounds that most people find frankly unpleasant. It is in any case the case of Prunelle, Gaston's office manager who, red as a peony, howls from the window below. Gaston was created in 1957 by André Franquin (1924-1997), a great Belgian designer. Franquin is one of the greatest figures of Franco-Belgian comics. He received the grand prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival during the first edition, in 1974. Besides Gaston, he is the "inventor" of Spirou and Fantasio, Modeste and Pompon, the Marsupilami... Gaston's adventures were not continued after the designer's death. But we never tire of reading and re-reading the incredible blunders of this extraordinary character... The series has been adapted for TV. A film in real shots, "Watch out for the gaffe! recounts his adventures. Unfortunately, it is not really successful...
Year: 1999.
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"Journey Through Images"

"Voyage au Travers des Images" by Philippe Druillet - 44 rue de Montmoreau (gable on boulevard Churchill). In Angoulême, the fresco "Journey through images" designed by Philippe Druillet, produced by CitéCréation was inaugurated on January 31, 2015, in the presence of the author. Interpretation and artistic treatment of the model by Philippe Druillet for the painted wall “Associated Humanoids” produced in 1983, in Angoulême.
Year: 1983 - Rehabilitated in January 2015.
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"The World of René GOSCINNY"

"Le Monde de René GOSCINNY" by MOON and CATEL - at the corner of rue Goscinny and rue Jules Michelet. This is the 25th wall painted in the city, and the first representing an author. Directed by MOON and the author CATEL, at the request of Anne Goscinny, this monumental work of 196 m2 honors René Goscinny by showing him in his studio surrounded by his most famous creations: Asterix, Lucky Luke, Iznogoud and the little Nicolas.
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"With time"

"Avec le Temps" by François Schuiten - rue des Frères Lumières. Before becoming a city of images and comic strips, Angoulême was a city of paper. On the banks of the Charente, in particular, there were many paper mills, including that of the Nile. This painted wall is a tribute to this industrial past. It is the work of François Schuiten, a Belgian, author, among others, of “Cités obscures” with Benoit Peeters. This series has about ten albums plus many off-series. Schuiten received the grand prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2002 and was president of the following edition of the festival (2003). With Peeters, he also received the prize for the best album in 1985 for "Les cités obscures: la Fever d'Urbicande".
Year: 1998
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"The Nickel Feet"

"Les Pieds Nickelés" by Pellos - rue Jean Fougerat. Drawn in two trompe l'oeil windows, you can recognize the famous "nickel feet": Ribouldingue, Filochard and Croquignol. These characters were created in 1908 by Forton, one of the French comic book pioneers. They had a huge success and several cartoonists. Among them, Pellos who, after the Second World War, imagined and drew more than 100 adventures of the three friends. He also drew, in 1937, what is considered the first French science fiction comic strip: "Futuropolis". Pellos, born in 1900 and died in 1998, received the grand prize at the Angoulême international comic strip festival in 1976.
Year: 1999
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"Dirty Kids"

"Sales Mioches" by Berlion and Corbeyran - Rampe d'Aguesseau. This painted wall is the work of Olivier Berlion, a cartoonist from Lyon. In 1992, at the Angoulême festival, he met Eric Corbeyran, a screenwriter. The sympathy between the two is immediate and they decide to collaborate. The series "Le cadet des Soupetard" and "Lie de vin" followed. "Sales brats" will follow soon. This series, which has 8 albums, takes place in Lyon in the 60s. In an atmosphere à la Prévert and à la Doisneau, we follow the adventures of a gang of street kids. They survive in the city thanks to their craftiness and more or less honest odd jobs.
Year: 2003
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"The Daughter of the Ramparts"

"La Fille des Remparts" by Max Cabanes - 5 boulevard Pasteur. This painted wall is a trompe l'oeil. Notice how the artist has used the environment: the stone railing, the windows of the house, and of course the landscape from the vantage point the girl is looking at, as you will too, in a few moments. This painted wall is the work of Max Cabanes, author, among others, of the series “In the villages”, “The Greek” and of one-shots such as “Contes raspons” or “Colin-maillard”. Max Cabanes won the grand prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 1990. This grand prize is awarded to an author for all of his work.
Year: 2004
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"Uderzo in his cosmos"

"Uderzo in his cosmos" 10 Boulevard Pasteur
This work created by François Boucq and produced by the mural artist Moon pays tribute to the father of Asterix and Obelix. In the center of this huge fresco of 200 m2, Albert UDERZO is installed at his drawing table from which emerge his heroes. The tribute will be completed by the creation of a menhir at the station.
Year: 2021
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"Titeuf"

"Titeuf" from Zep - 43 boulevard Pasteur. The Titeuf painted wall is taken from a page from one of the albums. A complete joke. The wall was inaugurated in 2005, when Zep served as president of the international comic book festival. It deteriorated very quickly, was restored and inaugurated again, in the presence of the author, during the 2012 festival. Titeuf and his immensely famous lock is a character created by Philippe Chappuis, known as Zep, a Swiss author of strips drawn. The series has about fifteen albums, translated into 25 languages, which have sold nearly 20 million copies. The adventures of Titeuf have been adapted into a television series and an animated film written and directed by Zep was released in 2011.
Year: 2005.
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"Memories of the Twentieth Heaven"

"Memories of the XNUMXth Heaven" by Yslaire - Square Saint André. This fresco created by Yslaire, nestled in the heart of the city in the square Saint-André is undoubtedly the most romantic of all the painted walls of the city. Also the most tragic. Observing this fresco obliges us to take a circular look that embraces the entire square and makes us travel in nostalgia... So why a circular look? Look at this shadow, on the right, above the characters. Where is she from ? Turn around and raise your head... Yslaire is a comic book author whose two flagship series are "Sambre" and "XXe Ciel".
Year: 1999
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"Reality, Emergency Exit"

"Reality, Emergency Exit" by Marc-Antoine Mathieu - rue de Beaulieu (opposite n°50). Here you are in front of a real comic strip. Indeed, in a few images, it is indeed a complete story that the artist offers you by perfectly using the support of the wall, by playing with it. It is one of the only painted walls in the city, with that of Zep, which uses the technique specific to comics of the series of sequential images. This painted wall is the work of Marc Antoine Matthieu. He is the author of the series "Julius Corentin Acquefacques, prisoner of dreams", the first volume of which received the alph-art of the heart at the international festival of comics in 1991. His album "God in person », published in 2010, received numerous awards. This painted wall, badly damaged a few years ago, was completely restored recently.
Year: 1999
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"Behind the Scenes of the Theater"

"Les Coulisses du Théâtre" by Dupuy-Berbérian - intersection rue Carnot and rue J.Rostand. Take a look behind the scenes of the theater here. This painted wall is the work of the four hands of designers Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian. These two met in 1983. They published their first comic in 1985 and never stopped working together again. Their flagship series is “Monsieur Jean”. It has 7 volumes. Volume 4 of the series, "Living happy without looking like it", received the prize for best album at the Angoulême festival in 1999. They received the festival's grand prize in 2008. Dupuy and Berberian are also illustrators . Great travellers, they also published several travel diaries.
Year: 2006

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