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 1986*. Ongoing.

The title character in this black comedy series is Pierre Tombal (means Gravestone in English), an undertaker who owns a cemetery. He has the ability to speak with the deceased people in his graveyard, and he likes to freak out the unsuspecting visitors in various ways.

* Initially started in 1983 in Spirou.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


Pierre Tombal

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1986
#7- 1990
#14 - 1997

#21 - 2003
#26 - 2009
#31 - 2015

 

 

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