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The Blue skinned Fugates of Kentucky

Ancasta — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:35:56 +0000

I came across this family while looking for something else - I thought it might be of interest, especially as there is a photo of a modern man with blue skin (not with makeup, but through biology).
The Fugate family had a recessive gene which resulted in blue skin. But they were otherwise healthy and lived to old age.

http://notsoheadlinenews.com/blue-fugates-real-life-smurfs/

After reading about my favourite Vineans for so many years I have to say this did come as a shock

New (?) mini album : Missives Spatiales - out on J

jaro — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:51:59 +0000

Last week I got a copy of the newsletter from the Belgian Postal division : Philanews.

In it, there was an article about the new stamp of Yoko Tsuno, but also a new (?) mini album with some short stories and the stamps. It comes in 2 editions: a normal one and a deluxe one. The deluxe one has apart from the new stamp also the stamps which appeared from yoko last year.

Below you can find pictures of both albums and of the entire article, however it is in Dutch.

First the Deluxe album:

Secondly the standard album:

And the entire article (in Dutch) :

The article translates in English as follows:
"Philacomics: Yoko Tsuno - 'Missives Spatiales'

Yoko Tsuno is a very unique person in the history of comics.
She is for one a woman (and therefore beautiful and tender), and moves as a fish in water in worlds, where normally only men feel themselves at home.

She is an electronics professor and her scientific mind collides with that of many other scientists. She is all about sports, has a black belt in Aïkido and in most cases does not let herself be intimidated by male persons, whether that being on top of the earth surface or below the earth surface, or in an universum of unknown planets....

Roger Leloup, her spiritual father, is a multi talented author, who has both a talent for writing as also for drawing. The album 'Missives Spatiales' includes besides a richly illustrated, complete and unpublished biography of Roger Leloup, also a number of short stories from the starting period of Yoko Tsuno. The deluxe album will be signed by Roger Leloup.

The albums will have the stamp from Yoko Tsuno. The deluxe album also will have the 5 duostamps released last year from this comic hero.

Information:
- Format = 15x21cm
- Number of issues: the normal one = 1.600 issues
the deluxe one = 625 issues
- Price = 27 euro for the normal one
72 euro for the deluxe issue
- Codes to order the normal issue : BO0904FYT
the deluxe issue : BO0904FLYT

Both albums are only available in French"

Edité lundi 08 juin 2009 : 00:02 par jaro

Messages from Roger Leloup in English

jaro — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:17:49 +0000

All the best wishes to everyone for the year 2009 !

I saw a new message from mr. Roger Leloup posted by Emilia on this site today (January 1, 2009). Since my French is very limited, I tried to translate the text with the help of the internet site: http://ets.freetranslation.com/ and http://translation.babylon.com/French/to-English . Since this is a very limited translation opportunity, I tried to correct it myself on a few positions. Can anyone help me in translating this words from mr. Leloup ?

"Dear all, and all… At this first New Year's Day my best wishes accompany you and stay with you the whole year… Here a small message of Roger…

Emilia

Small decisions for 2009.

Thank you to all and to all the Yokotsuniens that honor Yoko with their confidence, without which she cannot live… Thank you for the respect which surround my efforts to create it's adventures…

If the motivation remains intact, the time is ticking, it reduces from day to day, the years passing by too quickly (38 years already to the service of Yoko and of its readers).

I don't quit, but ask the amateurs and especially the collectors, for that the number of autographs has more value than this than they represent, to not more send books to my office to beg for a drawing…

Some keep, others are at their sixth sending (one notes all) and a growing minority sees that the recovery of a collection or a sold one on e-bay not to talk of the system at all. As to the merchants of the originals (offered or diverted) i have nothing to yield...

Clearly, I limit myself henceforth to sign the albums from my office…

Yoko must live its new adventures and all which is adjoining I'll be shielding… No presence to the festivals or expositions in the original person, as far as I do not control the participations wheremidst Yoko will be presented…

Certain comic book adults don't show respect for their heroins, with which I surround Yoko, to whom that I am wish to keep its character "all publics" …

Authors such as Hergé (of which I have been one of the assistants during 15 years and that I have seen growing from day day)… personalities such as Franquin, Peyo, Roba, Morris, Tillieux, Jacobs, Uderzo.. (to cite only them) I have learned that one can be passionate and can passionate without erotic sillyness and pointless violence…

If certain authors refuse themselves to let live on, in their heart, the child that they were and imagine themselves that their audacities will raise the level of the literature, let them dream…

Someone said: "What is the point to man to win the universe, if it comes to lose his soul" …

I always knew to preserve my dreams as a child and testify through the humanism of Yoko… This is not a virtue, but a code of conduct not to offer to the children of others of which I do not desire to see read by mine…

I strive to finish the album 25 "The Devil's Servant" as fast as possible, because I have well advanced in the subject for the 26 … thank you, for your confidence, for me there to help …

What 2009 be for you without concerns and a lot of happiness!

Roger Leloup"

(any further corrections are welcome)

Edité dimanche 04 janvier 2009 : 23:55 par jaro

Edité lundi 05 janvier 2009 : 00:11 par jaro

Edité lundi 05 janvier 2009 : 00:20 par jaro

New album nr. 25 : The Devil's servant

jaro — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:59:58 +0000

I am already looking forward to the new album of which some drawings can already be seen on this site and other blogs.

Does anyone know if there are plans to bring out also a deluxe album (like with nr. 24 the 7th code and recently with nr. 7 the border (or limits?) of life). I hope so, since these are very nice albums with sketches and drawings included that lead to the final album.

Stamp in Belgium of Yoko ?

jaro — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:42:35 +0000

Has anyone heard or read also the news that on January 19, 2009 they are going to release a stamp in Belgium, dedicated to Yoko Tsuno & Roger Leloup ?

If so I think this would be great and a rightfull recognition of mr. Leloup's great (art-)work !

Does anyone already have an image of how the stamp will look like and where you can buy it ?

Different Countries, different comics?

Paul — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:08:41 +0000

Why do the french -and Belgium - (OK, we, I am french!!) have the chance of having those beautifull hard cover albums. Do other countries also have some hard covered albums? From what I know mangas are soft covered as the american comics?
I haved lived in England and in Germany and they are really rare. In Germany the translation are mainly in soft cover album's. Am I right in thinking that "the German stories Integral" is the first Yoko hard cover album in german? By the way at around 30€, it is twice as expensive as the french version. Lucky us!

Albums of Yoko Tsuno in which languages ?

jaro — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:12:28 +0000

Does anyone know in which languages the albums of Yoko Tsuno have been published ?

At the moment I know (or own) some albums in the following languages:
- French
- Dutch
- English
- German
- Danish
- Finnish
- Spanish

Another question related to this: does anyone know if there are plans to publish the 'integrales' also in Dutch ? I know that besides French they are also published in German.

Which language are using Yoko and Emily ?

Sopid — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:04:55 +0000

As Yoko's second language seems to be French and Emily's most probably speaks English, when they talk together, do they use French or English?

In other words, does Yoko's English's good enough to use it on a daily basis. Or, is Emily can speak a very good French?

Yoko Tsuno English translation

Emilia — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:11:56 +0000

Yoko Tsuno in english translation here

http://www.cinebook.co.uk/catalogue.asp

and: http://www.cinebook.co.uk/catalogue~Cat~A-008-030B~Code~9781905460328.asp

Il y a aussi le site D'Ilse:
http://www.yokotsuno.be/
Vous y faites Clic sur english et...

Edité Samedi 17 mai 2008 :09:42 par Emilia

When did you discover Yoko Tsuno's album?

Cherrydean — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:48:16 +0000

Because everybody has a different story to tell, tell us in what circumstance you discovered Yoko.

Personnally, I was twelve when Yoko Tsuno was presented to me at school, in a french lesson. I didn't really liked it at the moment because it was only an extract. But this very summer, I went for a trip with my parents in Belgium and we went to the "Musée de la bande dessinée". Yoko Tsuno was not in the exhibition, but a few albums were available in the little library of the museum. While my parents continued the visit (I guess I was a bit tired), I found "La frontière de la vie" and I read it all. I even started to read an other album, but my parents finally came back to fetch me and I had to stop reading it. But, it eas to late, I was addicted to Yoko Tsuno! :p