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In 1946, Franquin started working for the illustrated weekly ''Le Moustique'', and Jijé took him on as a collaborator and then his successor on ''SpirouAndFantasio''. Although the series had already passed through the hands of two illustrators, Rob-Vel and Jijé himself, it was with Franquin that it reached its full potential, and many fans are unaware to this day that Franquin was not, in fact, the creator of the series. He introduced most of the key recurring characters, such as the Count of Champignac, Zorglub and, most famously, the Franchise/{{Marsupilami}}.

Franquin created other series during that period, notably ''Modeste et Ponpon'' and ''Le Petit Noël''. But Franquin's most famous and well-liked creation, Gaston Lagaffe, began, ironically enough, as a throwaway character invented to fill in empty spaces in the pages of the illustrated weekly ''Spirou''. One-panel gags evolved into short strips, and Gaston then became a supporting character in ''SpirouAndFantasio'', before [[AscendedExtra acquiring his own series]]. From 1968 Franquin abandoned ''SpirouAndFantasio'' altogether and focused on ''Gaston Lagaffe'', whom he infused with some of his own personality traits, especially an instinctive distrust of any form of authority.

Strangely for someone with such a keen sense of humor (or perhaps not), Franquin struggled with recurring bouts of clinical depression, a trait he expressed through another series titled ''IdeesNoires''.

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In 1946, Franquin started working for the illustrated weekly ''Le Moustique'', and Jijé took him on as a collaborator and then his successor on ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio''. Although the series had already passed through the hands of two illustrators, Rob-Vel and Jijé himself, it was with Franquin that it reached its full potential, and many fans are unaware to this day that Franquin was not, in fact, the creator of the series. He introduced most of the key recurring characters, such as the Count of Champignac, Zorglub and, most famously, the Franchise/{{Marsupilami}}.

Franquin created other series during that period, notably ''Modeste et Ponpon'' and ''Le Petit Noël''. But Franquin's most famous and well-liked creation, Gaston Lagaffe, began, ironically enough, as a throwaway character invented to fill in empty spaces in the pages of the illustrated weekly ''Spirou''. One-panel gags evolved into short strips, and Gaston then became a supporting character in ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'', before [[BreakoutCharacter acquiring his own series]]. From 1968 Franquin abandoned ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' altogether and focused on ''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe'', whom he infused with some of his own personality traits, especially an instinctive distrust of any form of authority.

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