Ha, that’s funny, I didn’t even know that he wrote his biography. I’ve actually never read les Cités obscures (I’ve been meaning to give it a try for years and I always forget), so I mainly know Peeters and Schuiten as “the people who decorated the Arts-et-Métiers station on line 11”.

As a child, I actually had a poster from Mary la penchée on my wall — during, like, ten years. It’s so stupid that I’ve never read it.

According to this webpage, it’s from the 8th album, La Mauvaise Tête, which I’ve never read. Fantasio has been framed for theft and Spirou is trying to prove his innocence.

I love seeing Spip jump. Squirrels are so graceful.

I kind of feel for Misabel, there. That doesn’t look fun at all.

I thought the whole “let’s pretend we’re criminals” game would make Misabel freak out, but she reacted so disdainfully, ha ha.

The second panel is hilarious.

Oh no, I’m sorry. I don’t know much about that, but it must be really stressful.

Oh, I hope little Pimple’s not going to get its heart broken. :-(

frequentative

Thanks to your comment, I’ve learned about the -le prefix and unlocked a new word. I’m going to bed satisfied. :)

Ha, I hadn’t spotted those pictures until reading your comment. Good job, detective.

je porte systématiquement une paire de gants et une de ces combinaisons et bonnet blanc qui te fait ressembler à un spermatozoïde géant et bipède

Maintenant que j’ai lu ça, je vais systématiquement t’imaginer en tenue de Frère Jacques.

je dois preparer une conférence de 20min sur le logiciel libre en LSF pour la semaine prochaine 😭

Pas facile, courage !

That’s an interesting theory, but they don’t look like they’re part of the same species. (They could still be adopted sisters, I guess.) Also, her letters don’t seem scary at all (15/82).

Edit: But I just realised that they have very similar names.

I wasn’t expecting that!

Oh, le thème me plait beaucoup ! J’espère trouver un moment pour y aller.

PS : Tiens, je vais reposter ça sur [email protected].

Quelqu’un sur tarte.nuage-libre.fr devra le faire pour cette instance

Je viens de le faire. (Sans avoir la moindre idée de quoi il s’agissait, ha ha. Mais je n’ai rien contre les plats surgelés.)

I read the series during the holidays, and I really enjoyed it! Even book 3, ha ha. Thank you for writing about it here.

J’adorerais y aller, mais ça semble impossible.

My first reaction was “why does this dog have a pineapple for a head?”, too. I wonder if dog muzzles used to look like that.

That’s really sad.

Je l’ai sur l’avant-bras droit. J’ai vaguement le souvenir de l’avoir remarquée un jour et d’avoir pensé que ça devait être une sorte de marque d’oreiller. Marrant.

I’ve actually heard of actual people hiring a maid in part to motivate themselves to get their house in order before she comes. (Or more accurately, I’ve read about it on the internet.)