CREATOR

Name: Édition Dupuis S.A. (Belgian publishing corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1898 as a printing house by Jean Dupuis  (1875-1952). Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Dupuis in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation started the publishing of newspapers and novels in 1922, and since 1938 a variety of children's comic book series have been added.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1981*. Stopped in 2012 after 28 issues.

The title character in the humourous stories is Arthur Delfouille nicknamed Tutur, who is a large patrolling police officer with an unfortunate knack for making blunders. Among the many recurring characters are Delfouille's extremely ill-tempered chief Raoul Lebrun, and an old suicidal man whose self-destructive plans are always foiled.

* Initially started in 1975 in Spirou.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


Arthur Delfouille

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1981
#5 - 1985
#10 - 1988

#16 - 1994
#22 - 2001
#28 - 2012

 

 

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