Trivia / Franquin's Last Laugh

aka: Idees Noires

• Author Phobia: Franquin clearly doesn't like hunting, the death penalty, nuclear power, militarism, religious fanaticism, cruelty to animals, the fur industry,...
• Completely Different Title: The original French title of this comic series is Idées Noires, which means "Dark Thoughts".
• Creator Breakdown: Franquin stopped doing it because it was making his depression worse instead of alleviating it.
• Died During Production: In 2013, Fantagraphics Books was set to release a complete collection of the strip in English for the first time, but publication was halted for the book's head translator, Fantagraphics co-founder Kim Thompson, succumbed to cancer in the summer of that year. At this time, it's unknown if the book will be published.

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