Archive for June 19th, 2008 

What’s your favourite French language comic strip? You’ve never read a comic in French? Ok, let me rephrase. What translation of a French comic did you read as a child? You’ve never even read a translation of a French comic? Are you sure? You’ve never even heard of a French language comic strip? Really? What about the story of the Belgian reporter Tintin, and his adventures around the globe? And how about Asterix the Gaul? Gaul was the Roman name for France, didn’t you know? And how about the valiant little blue men known as the Smurfs? Remember them?

In today’s lesson we’ll be learning about the rich culture of comic strips of France and French speaking Belgium. It might surprise you to know that comic strips form a strong part of French-speaking culture, and that many characters that you know from your childhood were actually French speaking.

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