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  • February 01, 2021 23:57
February 01, 2021 23:57

Hi,

I have a question, I have had the red editions of the blue series for many years, now I want to purchase the blue series (humo version) but I have some questions about that.

I read here and there that this series has longer stories than the variants in the red series, is this correct?

Are there other differences, it is really all a bit unclear to me, hopefully the answer is again here.

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February 02, 2021 08:55

The stories originally appeared, page by page, in Tintin magazine . The folksy Suske and Wiske had to be polished up a bit for this level magazine. That Aunt, who was not married and also not the mother of those children, was allowed to dispose, that grumbling monstrosity that had little human character was also sent to the exit, a posh girl does not have her hair in a bow and does not drag a doll everywhere to, ... But Vandersteen delivered his best work in terms of drawing.

After that, the stories were published in the (still sought after by collectors) "blue series" . To have nicely uniform albums, the number of pages had to be the same and of course a multiple of four. Since that was not always the case with the stories, they were cut.

Afterwards, those stories were also included (in the same cut version) in the red four-color series that we all know.

In order for the story to stand on its own, parts that did not affect the storyline were left out. The result is that a few pages, per album, with usually funny situations involving Lambik were deleted.

Afterwards, "integral" versions were published that also included the missing pages (usually well-kept HC/deluxe editions). The blue Classic series from the 90s is a good example or the same version of the Latest News from 2010. The Humo version will therefore be the same: the same story but a few more jokes.

Another recommendation, currently available everywhere, are these two integral bundles with a nice extra as a background file with an explanation of the albums. Presumably the deleted pages will also be discussed there ...

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  • February 02, 2021 09:52
February 02, 2021 09:52

Thank you for the explanation, I think I will buy the Humo range !!!

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