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unusual facts about Jacques Martin



L'École des fans

L'École des fans (French for School of Fans) was a French TV show that was hosted by Jacques Martin from 1976 to 1998 on Antenne 2 then France 2.

Montcuq

In a well-known joke (1976), Daniel Prévost in the TV show "Le petit rapporteur" animated by Jacques Martin, visited the town and joked by asking a Montcuquois : "Is Montcuq well lit? Because I've heard that it is sometimes gloomy…".

The Adventures of Alix

Jacques Martin created the Alix series as one of his earliest heroes, and he continued solo conception, plot, dialogue and illustration for 50 years, even while developing other series such as Lefranc.


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Roger Leloup

Leloup worked for both Jacques Martin, with Alix and Lefranc, and for Hergé, but as the production at the Studios Hergé slowed down, and Leloup came into contact with other artists.