#Roger Leloup

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Some pencils from Yoko Tsuno 31: L'aigle des Highlands by Roger Leloup, album to be published in May 2024.

Born in 1933, Roger Leloup started his career in 1950 as an assistant to Jacques Martin and joined Hergé's studio in 1955 while still working for Martin. As Studio Hergé started producing less Leloup began working for Peyo, and created what would become Yoko Tsuno on Christmas 1968, as a secondary character for an aborted project of relaunching Peyo's Jacky et Célestin.

Yoko's first story was published in Spirou in 1970. Leloup celebrated his 90th birthday last November and still writes, pencils and inks Yoko's stories all by himself.

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Yoko Tsuno is an intriguing character, somewhat ahead of her time. She was a creation of the Belgian artist Roger Leloup and debuted in the Belgian magazine Spirou in 1970, eventually graduating to her own bande dessinee title. Arguably Yoko should be a progressive and feminist icon, being of Japanese descent, living in Belgium, skilled in aikido, archery and scuba diving, and also a qualified electrical engineer. Yoko’s stories had a strong “educational” element, being very concerned with technology and the potential and dangers of scientific advancement. In fact the stories can be classed as science fiction, as Yoko, in addition to dealing with the perils that technology puts her way, also indulges in time and space travel and has regular contact with a race of benign blue-skinned aliens named the Vineans, who are seeking to re-establish their own lost civilisation.

Despite superficially resembling the Natacha l’hotesse de l’air adventures, Yoko, unlike Natacha, rarely gets involved in combating and capturing criminals in the conventional sense, although in her 26 album run, she does encounter her fair share of villains, whether interplanetary, supernatural, or originating in the past. Yoko Tsuno is aided and abetted by two male sidekicks named Vic and Pol, who provide something of a comic aspect to the stories, but in truth, most of the adventures are densely, if realistically, plotted, with much explanation of the scientific basis of the adventures, meaning humour is in somewhat short supply.

The series ran until 2012. I am unaware if there are any more stories in the pipeline, but Yoko Tsuno remains a popular title, translated into many languages worldwide.

Source for both illustrations: Yoko Tsuno #19, L’Or Du Rhin (1993)

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"What if we call it Akina?"

My parents bought a robotic vacuum cleaner. They're getting on in age, so it's a good addition to the household. It and I met last week, so I asked what its name was. Turned out they'd just named it after our family name. Boring. "It needs a name," I said.

Today my dad says unprompted, "I think we need to give it a different name. Our last name is a bit stupid." My mum says it's fine, but I agree. I'm drawing a blank, though, until my dad suggests the perfect name.

"What if we call it Akina?"

I like to think he's been pondering on this for two weeks.

In the early 2000s, my parents bought a GPS system for the car. I dubbed her 'Akina'. She was named for an AI system in a space ship in the Yoko Tsuno comic album series that I'm still obsessed with twenty years later.

It stuck. When my parents were going anywhere new, we'd say, "Don't forget Akina." "Akina will guide you." "Where is Akina?" I was sad when new cars with built-in GPS systems replaced the old ones. I always kind of felt like she was my baby.

I've missed Akina. I'm glad she's back.

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My summer with Yoko #3: Vulcan's Forge

This is where it gets personal.The third Yoko Tsuno adventure, La Forge de Vulcain was published in 1973, and it is also the first Yoko Tsuno story I ever read, when I was about 9 or 10 – therefore, in 1976 or ’77, when it was published in Italian. The book was later published as the ninth English-languge Yoko Tsuno volume, as Vulcan’s Forge. Re-reading this about 45 years after the first time,…

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Yoko Tsuno and the Pentel P205

Yoko Tsuno and the Pentel P205

2022 saw the release of the 30th Yoko Tsuno album. In case you are not familiar with this series ((I came across this series a few years ago for the first time.)): In the Yoko Tsuno comics the main character, an electrical engineer, is taking part in adventures all over the world. Stories are usually technology and Sci-Fi heavy. Beginning of “On the Edge of Life” from 1977. The first story…

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The Yoko Tsuno stories are pretty great.

Topix - Joko Zuno [Yoko Tsuno] - Die Fabrik der Vulkane

art: Roger Leloup

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Starmania 1986

This version of Starmania was not first performed in a theater or a dedicated concert hall , but at the Lanaudière Festival in Canada ( Before finally moving in 1987 to the Maisonneuve Theater in Montreal for practical and budgetary reasons )

DISTRIBUTION :

Norman Groulx : Johnny Rockfort

Anne Bisson : Cristal

Marie Carmen : Marie-Jeanne

Richard Groulx : Zéro Janvier

Marie Denise Pelletier : Stella Spotlight

Jean Leloup : Ziggy

Maude Grenier : Sadia

Marc Gabriel : Roger-Roger

The show was not well received by the public

The orchestration of the songs strangely speeds up, a stage completely empty of scenery and costumes considered ugly and too minimalist; This version is considered one of the worst of all attempts to adapt Starmania .

There is no recording of the show but there is an album :

And the usual archive videos :

This version is only a cover of that of 1980 with the only new addition the adding the song "Un enfant de la pollution"

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This is the only version where Roger Roger turns out to be the alien

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Richard and Norman Groulx (Zero and Johnny) are brothers in real life

For more Starmania or to discover other French musicals I invite you to follow the path of my main masterlist to learn more about French musicals and their stories :

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Prepublication of Yoko Tsuno 31: L'aigle des Highlands begins in Spirou 4483, March 13, 2024

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I don't think I even remember my first ship...

Oh no, wait, it's Yoko and Ben (or Vic in French) from the Yoko Tsuno comic albums that I started reading when I was 10 or so, haha. The author actually purposely left the relationship ambiguous for a long time, because he thought that people (presumably boys in his mind) would (unconsciously) fall in love with Yoko and not like it if she had a boyfriend, so he was sort of relegated to best friend material, but there was obviously something more between them from the start. Like, there's another friend in the group, Paul (or Pol in French), who also clearly has a crush on Yoko from the start (and he's much more outspoken about it), but it's never taken seriously. It's obviously a 'joke' or just a way for us to recognise how special Yoko is, it's never even hinted at that it might turn into something. He later meets someone (in the past) and gets together with her and they're very cute together.

In the later albums, though, Yoko and Ben are obviously together, and I always look for it when a new album comes out and treasure any time when Ben shows particular care or concern for her. She trusts Ben with her adopted daughter and clearly goes to him when she needs support. He's the rational voice whenever her emotions pull her towards doing crazy things (usually out of friendship or compassion or love). They are so so cute together.

Here are my favourite panels of the two of them together, I believe it's from The Daughter of the Wind. (He, like, saves her at sea - they're windsurfing together - after she's done some big stunt in order to save a bunch of people. It's also an emotionally demanding adventure for Yoko, because she goes back to Japan where she grew up, meets her dad again, as well as an old childhood friend who she loses in the process of doing the saving. So she's exhausted at the end of it all and then he shows up to save her and show her comfort and aaaaaaah <3)

(Translation:

Yoko: "I believe I am "breaking down" a bit!" Ben: "The wise man said: 'Rely on your friends'!"

Yoko: "He also said: 'The ocean gets swallowed up in a drop of tenderness'!" Ben: "That wise man was a poet!")

Anyway, sorry for rambling on like that and basically dumping a bunch of Yoko Tsuno lore on your post, oops! I just love them so much, and I love that series so much, and your post got me wondering about my first ship and yeah, this is it. I think it's still my ultimate ship, my otp. Will probably be for the rest of my life!

I'm in a hotel and the episode of Criminal Minds where Eyebrows leaves the show cause he had a baby is on and he's having his emotional goodbye with Penelope and I am remembering how i first caught this show on TV one time as a teen and only started watching it because i thought it was so cool that those two were dating and i wanted to see how that started only to find out that all the flirty banter was billed as just a friend thing bc TV pairings were not nearly as enlightened as I wanted them to be.

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Yoko Tsuno par Roger Leloup

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Starmania III “Quebec version”

Left to right

Bottom row : Norman Groulx (Johnny Rockfort), Isabelle Begin (Cristal), Pierre Landry (étoile noir), Lina Boudreau (étoile noir).

Middle row: Richard Groulx (Zero Janvier), Marie-Denise Pelletier (Stella Spotlight), Luc Plamondon (lyricist), Marie Carmen (Marie-Jeanne), Claude Girard (metteur en scene), Maude Grenier (Sadia), Robin Vaillant (étoile noir).

Last row: Jean Leloup (Ziggy), Louise Paradis (étoile noir), Marc Gabriel (Roger Roger), Carole Normand (étoile noir), Bruno Verdoni (étoile noir).

📸: Bernard Brault, 21/07/1986 Source: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)

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Do not waste your money! I come bringing recs!

So I’m currently reading Translation State by Ann Leckie, part of her Radch-verse (included are the Imperial Radch series (Ancillary Justice/Sword/Mercy) and Provenance). I haven’t read the other books, but I really like Translation State. Particularly the alien mindset of the one character raised in an alien culture.

Closer to home are the Parasitology series and Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire). Parasitology (Parasite, Symbiont, Chimera) is basically about a zombie apocalypse caused by genetically modified tapeworms made to make taking care of your physical health easier. Into the Drowning Deep is basically a science-fiction exploration of mermaids. It also includes a deaf character who is a pretty major character.

I assume you have heard of This is how you Lose the Time War (thanks Bigolas Dickolas!), but if you haven’t, it’s a lesbian epistolary novella about two women who are on different sides in a time travel war. It has some beautiful prose, in my opinion, even if the time travel mechanics could be explained better.

Finally, a comic series! Yoko Tsuno is a Belgian comic by Roger Leloup. Not all of the comics have been translated into English. Nevertheless, it is in my opinion a very good series. I’d recommend the first three comics that center on an alien race called the Vineans (The Curious Trio, Vulcan’s Forge, and The Three Suns of Vinea), and also the first comic that focuses on time travel (The Time Spiral), but do check the other synopses out on Wikipedia if these are not up your alley. I do believe the four comics I recommended have all been translated into English.

Before I forget, another comic series! Far Sector is a comic series focused on a Green Lantern having to investigate a murder case in an alien world where emotions are routinely suppressed. I don’t have any knowledge of Green Lantern comics, but I could follow along fine. Also, it is written by N.K. Jemisin, who is widely agreed to be a great writer.

I'm on a sci-fi kick right now thanks to Murderbot. I'm notably NEVER on sci-fi kicks so here is your one and only chance to recommend me sci-fi books and podcasts. Please don't recommend me sci-fi classics, I've probably already read them and I want to see what the youths are doing with the genre these days.

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My summer with Yoko #2: The Devil's Organ

Roger Leloup’s second Yoko Tsuno adventure, L’Orgue du Diable, was published in 1973, and marks a big step forward in the series.The first episode was a fine pilot, but as most pilot episodes do, suffered from an excess of stuff crammed in the 46 pages of the volume: characters introductions, early incidents, first big adventure complete with subterranean world, space aliens and ultra-tech.A few…

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La BD francophone du jour est...

Date de parution en album : 1977

Numéro et série : n°7 des Yoko Tsuno.

Pourquoi c'est une excellente BD :

Une histoire qui commence comme du gothique - une jeune femme est alitée après une attaque de vampire ? - et finit comme de la science-fiction, avec une fausse alerte de voyage dans le temps et un passage par le coeur historique de Rothenburg.

Des enjeux très importants et une fin parfaite.

Roger Leloup dessine comme un dieu.

Explication complète, mais sans lourdeurs ni longueurs, de la souffrance des Allemands pendant et après la Seconde Guerre Mondiale.

Pol offre des glaces à tout le monde.