Cupidon is a Belgian comics series

Belgian comics

Belgian comics are a distinct subgroup in the comics history, and played a major role in the development of European comics, alongside France with whom they share a long common history...

 written by Raoul Cauvin

Raoul Cauvin

Raoul Cauvin is a Belgian comics author and one of the most popular in the humorist field.-Biography:Raoul Cauvin was born in Antoing, Belgium in 1938. He studied lithography at the Institut Saint-Luc in Tournai, but upon leaving school found that there no jobs available for lithographers...

 and drawn by Malik

Publication history

Cupidon made its debut in the comics magazine

Franco-Belgian comics magazines

Belgium and France have a long tradition in comics. They have a common history for comics and magazines.In the early years of its history, magazines had a large place on the comics market and were often the only place where comics were published. Most of them were kids-targeted.In the 1970s,...

 Spirou

Spirou (magazine)

Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...

on October 5, 1988. To date 19 albums have been published by Dupuis

Dupuis

Éditions Dupuis S.A. is a Belgian publisher of comic books and magazines.Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis, and is mostly famous for its comic albums and magazines. It is originally a French language publisher, but publishes many editions both in French...

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Synopsis

Cupidon features short stories about the adventures of a little Putto

Putto

A putto is a figure of an infant often depicted as a young male. Putti are defined as chubby, winged or wingless, male child figure in nude. Putti are distinct from cherubim, but some English-speakers confuse them with each other, except that in the plural, "the Cherubim" refers to the biblical...

 attempting to bring love on earth. His headquarters are in Heaven

Heaven

Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...

 and he is dispatched by a (hot-tempered) Saint Peter

Saint Peter

Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...

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With his bow and arrows, Cupidon is usually prone to blunder

Blunder

A blunder is a particularly bad mistake. Specific instances include:* Blunder , a very poor move in chess* Hopetoun Blunder, an event in Australian history.* Brand blunder, in marketing.* Draft blunder, in American sports....

s, bringing together people of contrasting personalities, even matching together animals not necessarily of the same species.

Albums

1. Premières flèches, 1990
2. Philtre d'amour, 1991
3. Baiser de feu, 1991
4. Souffle au cœur, 1992
5. Arc en ciel, 1993
6. L'Ange et l'eau, 1994
7. Un amour de gorille, 1995
8. Je l'aime un peu..., 1996
9. Vive la mariée, 1997
10. Coup de foudre, 1998
11. Lune de miel, 1999
12. Le Cœur dans les nuages, 2000
13. Jour de chance, 2001
14. Toutes les amours du monde, 2002
15. Plus jamais seul, 2003
16. Cadeau du ciel, 2004
17. Amour en cage, 2005
18. Rien que pour vous!, 2006
19. Solitude, 2007

Sources

• Cupidon publications in Spirou BDoubliées
• Cupidon albums Bedetheque

Footnotes

External links

Cupidon on Dupuis official site