Popol out West is the English title of the comic book for young children written by the creator of The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin is a series of classic comic books created by Belgian artist , who wrote under the pen name of Hergé...

, Hergé

Hergé

Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...

. In French it is called Popol et Virginie chez les lapinos and was released in the 1930s, when his publishers asked Hergé to write a comic for very young children, for whom Tintin was too mature. It appeared Between February 8 and August 16 1934 in Le Petit Vingtième

Le Petit Vingtième

Le Petit Vingtième was the weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle from 1928 to 1940. The comics series The Adventures of Tintin first appeared in its pages.-History:...

, the newspaper supplement of Le XXe Siècle

Le XXe Siècle

Le XXe Siècle was a Belgian newspaper that was published from 1895 and 1940. Its supplement Le Petit Vingtième is known as the first publication to feature The Adventures of Tintin....

that also published The Adventures of Tintin. Hergé disliked the story, and had already used it twice before in two other stories for younger children, The Adventures of Tim the Squirrel out West and The Adventures of Tom and Millie.

Initially, no album was made of the story, contrary to what happened with The Adventures of Tintin and Quick and Flupke at the time. However, in 1948, the story was republished in Tintin magazine

Tintin (magazine)

Le journal de Tintin or Kuifje , was a weekly Belgian comics magazine of the second half of the 20th century...

, and in 1952 Casterman

Casterman

Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in comic books and children's literature. The company is based in Tournai, Belgium.Founded in 1780, Casterman was originally a printing company and publishing house...

 published the first edition of the album. Different reeditions would follow, with a different jacket since 1968.

Plot

The story is about a squirrel hatter called Popol who has moved, with his wife Virginia, and talking blue donkey, to the wild west to sell hats. However there lies the warring native American rabbits (the Bunnokees) and bully outlaw dog.

English versions

The English editions are and hard to find because only two have been published, in 1969 and in 1992; thus, they are valuable to collectors.

See also

• Hergé
  Hergé
  Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...
  
  
• Hergé Foundation
  Hergé Foundation
  The Hergé Foundation, often known as Moulinsart is the official organization that looks after the world of the famous comic creator Hergé, and his famous creation The Adventures of Tintin, along with his other comics like Quick and Flupke and Jo, Zette and Jocko. They run Hergé's estate, and the...
  
  
• The Adventures of Tintin
  The Adventures of Tintin
  The Adventures of Tintin is a series of classic comic books created by Belgian artist , who wrote under the pen name of Hergé...
  
  
• Jo, Zette and Jocko
  Jo, Zette and Jocko
  The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko is a comic book series created by Hergé, the Belgian writer-artist who was best known for The Adventures of Tintin...
  
  
• Quick and Flupke