History ComicBook / Philemon

* AgentScully: Philémon's dad. Even after taking a trip to the mystical world of the Letters, he steadfastly refuses to believe any of the outlandish adventures told by Philémon, his uncle Félicien and Barthélémy ever occured
** Borders on ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve. His dad's skepticisms prevents him from seeing many unusual going-ons, causing a self-enforced WeirdnessCensor.

* PerspectiveMagic: One of the methods used to travel to the other world involves a magic telescope. By looking at a subject through either end, the subject is made larger or smaller in the same proportions as the magnification.

'''''Philémon''''' is a [[{{Main/FrancoBelgianComics}} Franco-Belgian]] comic written by Fred ([[{{Main/PenName}} full name]] Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès) across sixteen volumes published between 1978 and 2013. The story revolves around the titular character Philémon, a [[{{Main/LazyBum}} lazy lay-about]] with an overactive imagination and his travels to the mysterious “Lettres de l'Ocean Atlantique”, a chain of mystical islands that form the letters “Ocean Atlantique” (Atlantic Ocean in French) on maps and globes, with rules and physics highly reminiscent of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''

The series is notable for its highly surreal art and frequent BreakingTheFourthWall (such as characters manipulating actual panels to move the plot forward). Regarded as one of the most original and poetic Franco-Belgian comics ever written, [[{{Main/NoDubForYou}} it has only just begun]] to be translated out of its native French as of 2014, a year after the author's death.

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* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: “Le Monde des Lettres” (The World of Letters) itself.

''Philémon'' is a [[{{Main/FrancoBelgianComics}} Franco-Belgian]] comic written by Fred ([[{{Main/PenName}} full name]] Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès) across sixteen volumes published between 1978 and 2013. The story revolves around the titular character Philémon, a [[{{Main/LazyBum}} lazy lay-about]] with an overactive imagination and his travels to the mysterious “Lettres de l'Ocean Atlantique”, a chain of mystical islands that form the letters “Ocean Atlantique” (Atlantic Ocean in French) on maps and globes, with rules and physics highly reminiscent of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''

* Perspective Magic: One of the methods used to travel to the other world involves a magic telescope. By looking at a subject through either end, the subject is made larger or smaller in the same proportions as the magnification.

* PenName: Author/artist Fred's full name is Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès.

''Philémon'' is a [[{{Main/FrancoBelgianComics}} Franco-Belgian]] comic written by Fred ([[{{Main/PenName}} full name]] Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès) across sixteen volumes published between 1978 and 2013. The story revolves around the titular character Philémon, a [[{{Main/LazyBum}} lazy lay-about]] with an overactive imagination and his travels to the mysterious “Lettres de l'Ocean Atlantique”, a chain of mystical islands that form the letters “Ocean Atlantique” (Atlantic Ocean in French) on maps and globes, with rules and physics highly reminiscent of ''AliceInWonderland''

** Borders on ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve. His dad's skepticisms prevents him from seeing many unusual going-ons, causing a self-enforced WeirdnessCensor.
* AuthorExistenceFailure: Narrowly averted. After a 27 years hiatus, Fred published a sixteenth and final volume as a coda to the series. He died two months later.

''Philémon'' is a [[{{Main/FrancoBelgianComics}} Franco-Belgian]] comic written by Fred ([[{{Main/PenName}} full name]] Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès) across sixteen volumes published between 1978 and 2013. The story revolves around the titular character Philémon, a [[{{Main/LazyBum}} lazy lay-about]] with an overactive imagination and his travels to the mysterious “Lettres de l'Ocean Atlantique”, a chain of mystical islands that form the letters for “Atlantique Ocean” on maps and globes, with rules and physics highly reminiscent of ''AliceInWonderland''

* LazyBum: Philémon. Spends his days idly wandering the countryside with his donkey Anatole and frequently dodges his chores and dad.

** border on ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve. His dad's skepticisms prevents him from seeing many unusual going-ons, causing a self-enforced WeirdnessCensor.