This is an underrated series, altho it can be hard to find.

The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko is a BD series by Hergé, best known for Tintin. The heroes of the series are two young children, brother and sister Jo & Zette Legrand, and their pet chimpanzee Jocko. Mr Legrand, their father, is an aerospace engineer and designer, --WP

Altho we don’t get to see the familiar, beloved faces of the Tintin characters, I found this a surprisingly likeable series, certainly better and more well-polished than the first ~three Tintin albums. There’s only five albums in the series, two of them being two-parters.

I found the sequence above to be strongly reminiscent of wonderful but dangerous Buster Keaton stunts from the silent movie era, such as these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOo_ZUVU_O8

Unfortunately, Buster tore himself up pretty good doing these stunts himself. For example, in grabbing on to the hurtling car from a standing position, he dislocated his arm. And then when the house facade fell down around him, with Buster ‘luckily’ standing in the outline of a window, in fact the house grazed his left side, causing him serious injuries. It certainly was a different era in movie-making(!)

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European Graphic Novels+

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“BD” refers to Franco-Belgian comics, but let’s open things up to include ALL Euro comics and GN’s. Euro-style work from around the world is also welcome!

* BD = “Bandes dessinées”
* BDT = Bedetheque
* GN = graphic novel
* LBK = Lambiek
* LC = “Ligne claire”

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