r/GlobalTalk • u/ThatsSomeoneElse France • Aug 08 '21
[question] [global] Which comics from your country would you advise reading ? question
The USA have famous comics, France has Astérix, Japan has many many manga... What's your country's best illustrated stories ?
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u/GlitchyAF Aug 08 '21
I’m dutch, though I grew up reading the belgian comic suske & wiske and goddamn that stuff was good. It brings back a lot of nostalgia.
E: I looked it up online and it has been translated to Spike and Suzy in english.
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u/th4to South Africa Aug 08 '21
Supa Strikas was amazing in the early 2000s. It's actually the only comic I know of that was made in South Africa.
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u/Luutamo 🇫🇮 Finland Aug 08 '21 edited Aug 08 '21
The most popular one might be fingerpori but it heavily plays with finnish wordplays so often the translations doesn't work as well. There are some translated ones out here though.
https://www.expat-finland.com/living_in_finland/fingerpori.html
Moomins are also from Finland so those too of course. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomins
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u/vgmarques Aug 08 '21
From Brazil, Turma da Mônica (or Monica's Gang). It was the absolute hegemonic comic in Brazil, representing pretty well the Brazilian reality from the time and making a huge effort to this day to keep modern and inclusive.
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u/countgeorge Aug 08 '21
Belgian here, this is something we're good at!
You may know about Tintin and The Smurfs so I'll skip those.
Someone already said 'Suske & Wiske' (Spike & Suzy); great example of young adult stories with a good mix of relatable characters, fantasy, history, geography and dry humour... I always enjoy the scenery and the atmosphere, whether it's aliens, dragons, knights, pirates or local or foreign warlords they're up against.
Then there's 'Nero', another classic about a normal man with not-so-normal friends who make him the center of lots of shenanigans.
Then there's the last of the 'big three' and my personal favourite, 'Jommeke', a teenage boy (and his talking parrot) who stumbles into lots of adventures with his friends. He has adult friends all over the world who ask him to come over when they're in trouble, but he also has an absent-minded scientist friend who is often the cause of and solution to the odd stuff that happens to their village.
Then there are a couple of other ones that are worth mentioning. 'Lucky Luke', about a cowboy in the far west. 'Kiekeboe', comparable to Nero but more 'everyday' and recognizable, but with lots of humour and a pretty daughter that my teenage self really enjoyed reading about. 'Gaston Lagaffe'; 'The Office' in comic book form. And if you're more into modern graphic novel-type comics, try 'Thorgal' (hommage to Norse mythology) and 'XIII' (an amnesiac trying to find his past). And if you're into toilet humour, self-deprecation and absurd jokes, there's always 'Urbanus'.
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u/Idliketothank__Devil Aug 08 '21
Wait. Lucky Luke, that was a Saturday morning cartoon growing up. I'm Canadian. It had Belgian roots? Was the antagonist "Wrongo" and how did that joke work in a different language?
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u/magicalschoolgirl Aug 08 '21
Philippines 🇵🇭
"Elmer" by Gerry Alanguilan -- about a sentient rooster in a society where chickens recently achieved sentience. It was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2011.
"Tabi Po" by Mervin Malonzo -- about creatures called "aswangs" set in the Spanish colonial period
"Sixty-Six" by Ian Sta. Maria -- an old man discovers that he has super strength on his 66th birthday
"The Mythology Class" by Arnold Arre -- university students discover the supernatural world and go on adventures to save it
"Trese" by Budjette Tan and KaJo Baldisimo -- a detective named Alexandra Trese tries to keep the balance between our world and the netherworld. It's also been adapted into an anime by Netflix!
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u/Affectionate-Job-398 Aug 08 '21
I mean, they're all in Hebrew, but I really like Baba by Shay Charka:
https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%91%D7%90_(%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A1)
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u/yodatsracist Aug 08 '21
Does he only do these sorts of political cartoons?
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u/Affectionate-Job-398 Aug 08 '21
Those are really good
Generally no. He's most famous for Baba which isn't about politics. Basically it's about a jew in the mishnaic period of Jewish history. To religious jews this will be very entertaining, bc most were raised on stories about those great rabbis of the past, so seeing a funny anti hero talking to them, is really funny.
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u/Chaigidel Aug 08 '21
Most things by Petri Hiltunen from Finland. He did a lot of Heavy Metal esque pulp fantasy and scifi in the 1990s.
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u/cartwheelers Singapore Aug 08 '21
Singapore's most celebrated comic writer/artist is Sonny Liew, who has won an Eisner award for his comic The Art of Charlie Chan! He also does art for some Marvel/DC comics iirc. Other than Sonny, I love the whimsical comics by Drewscape - you can read some of his comics on his website.
Also adding another country's comics in here - I've also enjoyed the comics by Lat from Malaysia. They're a really good glimpse into what life used to be like in the kampungs in Msia :D really nostalgic stuff
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u/Ferdinando0r Aug 08 '21
The brazilian alt comics scene are amazing, some recommendations:
Angola Janga and Encruzilhada by Marcelo D'salete
Herminia by Diego Sanchez
Mayara & Annabelle by Pablo Casado
Diomedes by Lourenço Mutarelli
Alho Poro by Bianca Pinheiro
Tungstenio by Marcelo Quintanilha
Lavagem and Três Buracos by Shiko
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u/ElBruFe Aug 08 '21
The Eternaut from Argentina Its a great take on alien invasion and a classic of argentinian literature.