For Comic Book Day: These are my favourite comics from my childhood
25.9.2023
Translation: machine translated
Reading is a magical experience. For me, comics are and have always been a good way to awaken a love of reading. In this article, I tell you which comics have sparked my fascination.
Lucky Luke, Asterix and Obelix, Clever and Smart or Donald Duck: while I now read a lot of novels, I could really lose myself in comics when I was young. For the sake of nostalgia, I'm sharing my favourite comic series from my youth with you today for Comics Day. And finally, here's a bonus for you.
Funny paperback
A classic: The "Funny Paperbacks" (LTB) about the inhabitants of Duckburg are and remain my absolute favourites. To this day, I read every new edition of the classic series, which now comprises 576 issues, as well as some of the special editions and side series.
Asterix and Obelix
If you're brave, why don't you try the comics in the dialect edition? My maternal grandparents used to speak Low German with me, for example. Or I spent three years of my life in Vienna. So you could read the wild life of the G-g-ga-ga-gaaaalier (attention insiders!) in Plattdüütsch or Wiener Schmäh. And of course there is also a version in Swiss German.
Lucky Luke
But I also found his adversaries such as Billy the Kid and the four Dalton brothers, Joe, William, Jack and Averell, hilarious. The eternal quarrel between the short, mean and choleric Joe and the long, naive and stupid Averell was a particular highlight. I laughed myself silly every time. And I still read one of my old Lucky Luke magazines every now and then.
Not forgetting the character Rantanplan, who even got his own comic series. The loyal prison guard dog always manages to do the wrong thing. He confuses friend and foe, right and left, praise and blame.
Simpsons comics
The 248th and last issue in German-speaking countries was published in December 2018, although new anthologies, such as the Simpsons comic collection, are still published from time to time, in which old individual issues and stories from various series are reprinted.
Clever and Smart
The comic series is characterised above all by slapstick gags. If you're into that sort of thing, check it out. A little hint: especially in earlier works, you can recognise the contemporary and socially critical traits of the comic's inventor and author, Francisco Ibáñez. He personally experienced the Franco dictatorship in Spain. The first editions were published in 1958.
A sad news: Sadly, this icon passed away a few months ago, on 15 July, at the age of 87 in Barcelona, Spain. Since then, no further volume of the comic series has been published.
Fix and Foxi
I have a very special story to tell about Fix and Foxi: the comics actually gave me my first console. I took part in a competition with my mum about one of the comics at the paediatrician's and actually won a Super Nintendo back then.
Finally, I would like to recommend a comic series that I only discovered and devoured as an adult.
Y - The Last Man
The streaming service Hulu broadcast a film adaptation of the comic book as a series in 2021. However, after a disappointing first season, the series was immediately cancelled. I can only advise you to avoid this series. In my opinion, it doesn't do justice to the comic book at all.
What does your comic collection look like? Let me know in the comments which comics you enjoyed reading as a child or which ones you still enjoy reading today.
Cover photo: Kim Muntinga
My interests are varied, I just like to enjoy life. Always on the lookout for news about darts, gaming, films and series.
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