Le Lombard (), known as Les Éditions du Lombard () until 1989, is a Belgian comic book publisher established in 1946 when Tintin magazine was launched. Le Lombard became part of Média-Participations since 1986, alongside publishers Dargaud and Dupuis, with each entity maintaining its editorial independence.
History Les Éditions du Lombard was established by Raymond Leblanc and his partners on September 26, 1946. Wanting to create an illustrated youth magazine, they decided that the already well-known Tintin would be the perfect hero. Business partner André Sinave went to see Tintin creator Hergé to propose creating the magazine. Hergé, who had worked for Le Soir during the war, was being prosecuted for having collaborated with the Germans and did not have a publisher at the time. After consulting with his friend Edgar Pierre Jacobs, Hergé agreed. The first issue of Tintin magazine was published on 26 September 1946. Simultaneously, a Dutch version was also published, entitled Kuifje (Kuifje being the name of Tintin in Dutch). 40,000 copies were printed in French, and 20,000 in Dutch.
In 1986, Le Lombard was acquired by Média-Participations, and today publishes around one hundred titles annually. More recently, in 2015, Le Lombard 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.
Notable titles Comics series This is a selected list of comics series, ordered by year of first publication by Le Lombard, with main authors given. A few series were also continued or temporarily taken over by other artists and writers.
1946: Tintin magazine 1946: Blake and Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs 1946: Corentin by Paul Cuvelier 1953: Chick Bill by Tibet 1954: Chlorophylle by Raymond Macherot 1955: Ric Hochet by Tibet and André-Paul Duchâteau 1955: Modeste et Pompon by André Franquin 1956: Barelli by Bob de Moor 1957: Dan Cooper by Albert Weinberg 1958: Oumpah-pah by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny 1959: Clifton by Raymond Macherot 1959: Michel Vaillant by Jean Graton 1959: Redbeard by Jean-Michel Charlier and Victor Hubinon 1959: Bob Morane by Henri Vernes and Dino Attanasio 1961: Tanguy et Laverdure by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo 1963: Blueberry by Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud 1966: Bernard Prince by Greg and Hermann Huppen 1966: Iznogoud by René Goscinny and Jean Tabary 1966: Achille Talon by Greg 1967: Luc Orient by Greg and Eddy Paape 1968: Cubitus by Dupa 1969: Bruno Brazil by Greg 1972: Buddy Longway by Derib 1975: Léonard by Philippe Liégeois and Bob de Groot 1976: Simon du Fleuve by Claude Auclair 1977: Thorgal by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński 1980: Hans by André-Paul Duchâteau and Grzegorz Rosiński, Zbigniew Kasprzak 1985: Adler by René Sterne 1985: Alpha by Pascal Renard and Youri Jigounov From 1990: The Smurfs by Peyo From 1993: Benoît Brisefer by Peyo 1996: Odilon Verjus by Yann Le Pennetier and Laurent Verron 1997: L'Élève Ducobu by Zidrou and Godi 1999: IR$ by Stephen Desberg and Bernard Vrancken From 1999: Yakari by Job and Derib 2001: Western by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosinski 2001: Lait entier by Stephen Desberg and Johan De Moor
Books 2010: Crusade by writer Jean Dufaux and artist Philippe Xavier. Published in Britain by Cinebook 2010: Angry Birds Stella
References
External links Company website in French.