Sophie (comics)

Sophie
Author(s)	Jidéhem, Vicq
Current status/schedule	Terminated.
Launch date	1965
End date	1994
Syndicate(s)	Dupuis
Genre(s)	Humor comics, Adventure comics

Sophie was a Belgian comics series, originally written by Vicq and co-written and drawn by Jidéhem. It follows the adventures of a young girl and was prepublished in Spirou between 1965 and 1994. The series was notable for being the first comic strip series in Spirou with a female character as its leading character.

History

Sophie was originally a side character in Jidéhem's Starter, which was a column dedicated to automobiles in Spirou. Starter featured the adventures of a young mechanic, Starter, and a young female companion named Sophie. When readers showed more interest in Sophie than in Starter she received her own spin-off.

Concept

Sophie is a young black-haired, pig-tailed girl who is the daughter of electrotechnician Mr. Karapolie. She was named after Jidéhem's own daughter. They both live in a villa in a quiet neighborhood outside the city, where they are aided by a butler, Joseph. Sophie has three friends, Starter and Pipette, who work as mechanics and Petit Bernard, a little boy who is two years younger than her and far more cowardly. Pipette furthermore owns a black car, Zoë, with a sentient mind. Many storylines revolve around criminals who want to steal the inventions of Sophie's father.

Albums

• L' Oeuf de Karamazout (1968)
• La Bulle de Silence (1968)
• Les Bonheurs de Sophie (1st series) (1969)
• Qui fait peur à Zoè? (1970)
• Sophie et le Rayon Kâ (1971)
• La Maison d'en face (1972)
• Sophie et le Cube qui parle (1972)
• Les Bonheurs de Sophie (2nd series) (1973)
• La Tiare de Matlotl Halatomal (1974)
• Sophie et le Douanier Rousseau (1976)
• Cette Sacrée Sophie (1977)
• Les Quatre Saisons (1978)
• Sophie et l'Inspecteur Céleste (1979)
• Sophie et Donald Mac Donald (1980)
• Rétro Sophie (1981)
• Sophie et Cie (1984)
• Don Giovanni (1990)
• L'Odyssée du U 522 (1991)
• Le Tombeau des Glyphes (1995)