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{{Short description|Belgian publisher of comic albums and magazines}}
{{other uses|Dupuis (surname)}}
{{Infobox publisher
| image         = LogoDupuis.png
| founded       = {{start date and age|1922}}
| founder       = [[Jean Dupuis (publisher)|Jean Dupuis]]
| keypeople     = Claude de Saint Vincent
| parent        = [[Média-Participations]] (2004–present)
| distribution  = [[France]], [[Switzerland]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Canada]]
| topics        =
| genre         = [[Comic albums]] and magazines
| country       = [[Belgium]]
| headquarters  = [[Marcinelle]], [[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]], [[Belgium]]
| url           = {{URL|www.dupuis.com}}
| imprints      =
}}
'''Éditions Dupuis S.A.''' ({{IPA|fr|dypɥi|lang}}) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] publisher of [[comic albums]] and magazines.
Based in [[Marcinelle]] near [[Charleroi]], Dupuis is mostly famous for its comic [[comics album|albums]] and magazines. Initially a French language publisher, it now publishes numerous editions in both the [[French language]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]]. Other language editions are mostly licensed to other publishers.
==History<!--'Jean Dupuis (publisher)' redirects here-->==
===Early years===
Dupuis was founded in 1922 by '''Jean Dupuis'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> (1875–1952).
The growth of Dupuis towards becoming the leading comic book editor of Belgium started in 1938, when Dupuis added to its portfolio a men's magazine (''Le moustique'' [the mosquito] in French, ''[[HUMO|Humoradio]]'' in Dutch), a women's magazine (''Bonnes Soirées'' [good evenings] in French, ''De Haardvriend'' [the hearth's friend] in Dutch) and the children's comics magazine ''[[Spirou (magazine)|Spirou]]''.<ref name=Curtis>{{cite book|last=Curtis|first=Sarah Ann|title=L'autre visage de la mission: les femmes|year=2011|publisher=Karthala|isbn=9782811104863|pages=187|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RyQth1H-prsC&pg=PA172 |access-date=15 October 2012|language=fr}}</ref> The latter was originally only in French, and contained a mixture of American comics (e.g. ''[[Superman]]'', ''[[Brick Bradford]]'', and ''[[Red Ryder]]'') and new creations ({{Lang|fr|[[Spirou et Fantasio]]}} and ''[[Tif et Tondu]]''). A few months later, a Dutch edition called ''Robbedoes'' followed.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dierick|first=Charles|title=Le Centre belge de la bande dessinée|year=2000|publisher=Renaissance du livre|isbn=9782804603854|pages=223|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=foqRAAAAIAAJ&q=spirou+%22red+ryder%22+%22tif+et+tondu%22|access-date=15 October 2012|language=fr}}</ref>
===Growth after WWII===
After some difficulties during the war (mainly because of the scarcity of paper towards the end of it, but also because American comics weren't allowed to be published anymore), Dupuis started to grow quickly. ''Le moustique'' became one of the leading magazines with information on radio and (later) television programs in Belgium, and ''Spirou'' was one of the two leading [[Franco-Belgian comics]] magazines (together with ''[[Tintin (magazine)|Tintin]]'' magazine).<ref name=Sabin>{{cite book|last=Sabin|first=Roger|title=Adult Comics: An Introduction|year=1993|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780415044196|pages=321|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qdUOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT201 |access-date=15 October 2012|quote=''Spirou'' and ''Tintin'' dominated European comics into the 1950s and beyond}}</ref>
Dupuis started publishing some books as well, but had real success by republishing the comics that had appeared as serials in the magazine, collected as [[comics album|albums]] afterwards. Sometimes these were [[One-shot (comics)|one shot]]s, but mainly they came in series. Dupuis has some of the best-selling European comic series, including ''[[Lucky Luke]]'', ''[[The Smurfs (comics)|The Smurfs]]'', ''[[Gaston Lagaffe]]'' and ''[[Largo Winch]]''.<ref name=Grove>{{cite book|last=Grove|first=Laurence|title=Comics in French: The European Bande Dessinée in Context|year=2010|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=9781845455880|pages=346|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTGFpIDb91EC&pg=PA140 |access-date=15 October 2012}}</ref>  Many of these comic albums have been reprinted constantly for thirty or forty years, thereby generating constant revenue for the editor.
===Stabilization and diversification===
In the early sixties, Dupuis started with other activities, including the merchandising of its comic series (puppets, posters, etc.), and the making of animated movies. Most of these weren't very successful but further raised the visibility of their comics. Still, towards the end of the 1960s, the golden age of Dupuis seemed to be over. Some of the magazines were struggling, the merchandising activities were vastly reduced, and the movie studio did not seem to be producing any successful movies.
But the core business, the comics and the main magazines, continued to be hugely successful, with a comics catalogue of more than 2000 titles available in French. Many of the series were turned into animated movies in the 1990s, including ''[[Papyrus (comic)|Papyrus]]'' and {{Lang|fr|[[Spirou et Fantasio]]}}, and are being sold as movies and comics throughout Europe. Dupuis has also started producing computer games.
In June 2004, Dupuis was bought by [[Média-Participations]], which now owns almost all major European comic book publishers, including [[Dargaud]] and [[Le Lombard]], <ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Ann|author-link=Ann Miller (comics scholar)|title=Reading Bande Dessinee: Critical Approaches to French-language Comic Strip|year=2008|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=9781841501772|pages=364|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5KY_CdALWkC&pg=PA50 |access-date=15 October 2012}}</ref> More recently, in 2015, Dupuis joined with twelve other European comics publishing actors to create [[Europe Comics]], a digital initiative co-funded by the European Commission's [[Creative Europe]] program.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/projects/ce-project-details-page/?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/0ca16b86-fd6c-46e0-a07e-92cea6d757c9
|title=Creative Europe Project Results: Europe Comics
|publisher=Creative Europe
|access-date=3 March 2017
}}</ref>
==Main publications==
This is a selection of magazines and comics series originally or mainly published by Dupuis. Some titles later changed to a different publisher.
===Magazines===
*[[Moustique]] (created as "Moustique" in 1924, named "Télémoustique" between the 1960s and 2011) and its Flemish counterpart [[HUMO]] (since 1936, originally called "Humoradio"). Both versions have been sold to other publishers.
*[[Spirou (magazine)|Spirou]], since 1938: between 1938 and 2005 also a Flemish version, "Robbedoes".
===Comics series===
This is a selected list of comics series, ordered by year of first publication by Dupuis, with main authors given. Many series were also continued or temporarily taken over by other artists and writers. Some of the series have been taken over by other publishers.
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*1938: ''[[Spirou & Fantasio]]'' by [[Robert Velter]], [[Jijé]], [[André Franquin]], ...
*1938: ''[[Tif et Tondu]]'' by [[Fernand Dineur]], [[Will (comics)|Will]], ...
*1941: ''[[Jean Valhardi]]'' by Jijé
*1946: ''[[Lucky Luke]]'' by [[Morris (cartoonist)|Morris]] and [[René Goscinny]]
*1947: ''[[Blondin et Cirage]]'' by Jijé
*1947: ''[[Buck Danny]]'' by [[Victor Hubinon]] and [[Jean-Michel Charlier]]
*1952: ''[[Johan and Peewit]]'' by [[Peyo]]
*1954: ''[[Jerry Spring]]'' by Jijé
*1954: ''[[La Patrouille des Castors]]'' by [[Mitacq]] and Charlier
*1956: ''[[Gil Jourdan]]'' by [[Maurice Tillieux]]
*1957: ''[[Gaston (comics)|Gaston]]'' by André Franquin and [[Yvan Delporte]]
*1958: ''[[The Smurfs (comics)|The Smurfs]]'' by Peyo
*1958: ''[[Le Vieux Nick et Barbe-Noire]]'' by [[Marcel Remacle]]
*1959: ''[[Boule et Bill]]'' by [[Jean Roba]]
*1960: ''[[Benoît Brisefer]]'' by Peyo
*1961: ''[[Bobo (Belgian comic)|Bobo]]'' by [[Paul Deliège]] and [[Maurice Rosy]]
*1963: ''[[Génial Olivier]]'' by [[Jacques Devos]]
*1965: ''[[Sibylline]]'' by [[Raymond Macherot]]
*1965: ''[[Sophie (comics)|Sophie]]'' by [[Jidéhem]]
*1967: ''[[Les Petits Hommes]]'' by [[Pierre Seron]]
*1968: ''[[Les Tuniques Bleues]]'' by [[Louis Salvérius]], [[Lambil]], and [[Raoul Cauvin]]
*1969: ''[[Isabelle (comics)|Isabelle]]'' by Will, Franquin, Delporte and Macherot
*1970: ''[[Natacha (comics)|Natacha]]'' by [[François Walthéry]] and [[Roland Goossens|Gos]]
*1970: ''[[Sammy (comics)|Sammy]]'' by [[Arthur Berckmans|Berck]] and Cauvin
*1970: ''[[Yoko Tsuno]]'' by [[Roger Leloup]]
*1972: ''[[Scrameustache]]'' by Gos
*1974: ''[[Papyrus (comics)|Papyrus]]'' by [[Lucien De Gieter]]
*1975: ''[[Agent 212]]'' by [[Daniel Kox]] and Cauvin
*1981: ''[[Billy the Cat (Belgian comics)|Billy the Cat]]'' by [[Stéphane Colman]] and [[Stephen Desberg]]
*1981: ''[[Les Femmes en Blanc]]'' by [[Philippe Bercovici]] and Cauvin
*1982: ''[[Jeannette Pointu]]'' by [[Marc Wasterlain]]
*1982: ''[[Kogaratsu]]'' by [[Michetz]] and [[Bosse (comics)|Bosse]]
*1982: ''[[Jérôme K. Jérôme Bloche]]'' by [[Alain Dodier]]
*1986: ''[[Aria (Belgian comic)|Aria]] by Michel Weyland
*1983: ''[[Pierre Tombal]]'' by [[Marc Hardy]] and Cauvin
*1983: ''[[Jojo (comics)|Jojo]]'' by [[André Geerts]]
*1986: ''[[Soda (comics)|Soda]]'' by [[Bruno Gazzotti]] and [[Philippe Vandevelde|Tome]]
*1986: ''[[Cédric (comics)|Cédric]]'' by [[Laudec]] and Cauvin
*1987: ''[[Le Petit Spirou]]'' by Tome and [[Jean-Richard Geurts|Janry]]
*1987: ''[[Jessica Blandy]]'' by [[Renaud Dufaux]] and [[Jean Dufaux]]
*1987: ''[[Théodore Poussin]]'' by [[Frank Le Gall]]
*1988: ''[[Cupidon (comics)|Cupidon]]'' by [[Malik (comics)|Malik]] and Cauvin
*1988: ''[[Jeremiah (comics)]]'' by [[Hermann Huppen]]
*1990: ''[[Largo Winch]]'' by [[Philippe Francq]] and [[Jean Van Hamme]]
*1992: ''[[Mélusine (comics)|Mélusine]]'' by [[Frédéric Seron|Clarke]] and [[François Gilson]]
*1993: ''[[Kid Paddle]]'' by [[Midam]]
*1996: ''[[Dallas Barr]] by [[Marvano]]
*2001: ''[[Violine]] by Didier Vasseur and artist Fabrice Tarrin
*2003: ''[[Parker and Badger]]'' by [[Marc Cuadrado]]
*2004; ''[[Lady S]]'' by [[Philippe Aymond]] and Van Hamme
*2005: ''[[The Bellybuttons]]'' by [[Maryse Dubuc]] and [[Delaf]]
*2005: ''[[Orbital (comics)|Orbital]] by Sylvain Runberg and Serge Pellé
*2006: ''[[Seuls]] by [[Fabien Vehlmann]] and [[Bruno Gazzotti]]
*2010: ''[[Michel Vaillant]]'' by [[Jean Graton]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.dupuis.com/servlet/jpecat?pgm=ENH_SENG&lang=UK Homepage of Dupuis (in French)]
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