Cubitus (comic)

Statue in Limal

Wall painting in Brussels, Rue de Flandre ( Parcours BD )

Cubitus is a series of comics by the Belgian draftsman Dupa (Luc Dupanloup; 1945–2000). It takes its name from the main character, a fat, fluffy, white dog, whose outstanding qualities are intelligence and laziness. The name is derived from a bone: The Elle was formerly anatomically Cubitus the Greek kybiton (elbow). Numerous stories appeared between 1968 and 2000. After that there was a longer break due to the death of the draftsman Dupa. Cubitus has been drawn by Michel Rodrigue since 2005 . The comics are mainly known in French-speaking countries. Between 1972 and 2002, 39 volumes of comics were published in Belgium. In addition, individual strips appeared in various German magazines, for example in Zack , Felix or Guess mal Comics .

In Brussels , Cubitus was honored as one of many comic heroes with a wall painting: he can be admired in the pose of Manneken Pis in the Rue de Flandre. In 2002 a statue was erected in Limal (Wallonia) in his and Dupa's honor. Dupa had lived there for the past 30 years.

characters

• Cubitus - characteristic features: round figure, upright gait and highly domesticated, thick black bulbous nose, thick yellow fluffy tail. Like most dogs, he hates baths. Cubitus plays (without any problems!) The roles of famous detectives, fairy tale characters and other stars. Despite all its human characteristics, it likes to feed on marrowbones.
• Bojenberg (fr: Sémaphore ; nl: Semafoor ; in early publications: Ossi) - retired seafarer, occasionally still spinning sailor's yarn; Inventor of various, mostly useless machines; owns a motorcycle with a sidecar, both biblical ages; Cubitus' master, but not so much committed to this role, because Cubitus is sometimes more skilful and perfectly formed when preparing meals.
• Paustian (fr: Sénéchal ) - a black cat and the eternal adversary of Cubitus. Cultivated and distinguished, but mostly only victims of mean pranks or serious attacks.

Publishers

The original volumes 7 to 21 were published in German by Carlsen Verlag , but then discontinued due to low sales. The Phoenix Verlag published a volume, after which the series was taken over by the Verlag Kult Editions . But in 2005 the announcement of a new band remained. This was only published in 2008 by Piredda Verlag , which then continues the series (“red series”) and has also reissued the original volumes 1 to 6 under the name Cubitus Classic (“blue series”).

Volumes

tape	title	Release	ISBN	Illustrator	German tape	German title	German publishing company	German Release	German ISBN
1	You meilleur tonneau	01/01/72	9782803617296	Dupa	Classic 1	A barrel of humor	Piredda	10/01/09	9783941279650
2	Cubitus illustrious ses ancêtres	01/01/77	9782803613731	Dupa	Classic 2	Dramas about the ancestors	Piredda	05/01/10	9783941279667
3	Un Oscar pour Cubitus	01/01/73	9782803614714	Dupa	Classic 3	No pain no gain	Piredda	15.10.10	9783941279674
4th	La corrida des hippopotames casqués	01/01/79	9782803602926	Dupa	Classic 4	The Corrida of the Hippos	Piredda	04/15/11	9783941279681
5	Cubitus, pour les intimes	01/01/80	9782803617289	Dupa	Classic 5	Henpecked heroes	Piredda	01/16/12	9783941279698
6th	Heureux qui, comme Cubitus	01/01/81	9782803602964	Dupa	Classic 6	Happiness	Piredda	07/16/12	9783941279704
7th	Raconte-moi, Cubitus	01/01/82	9782803600069	Dupa	1	A real dog's life	Carlsen	1988
8th	Tu le fais exprès, ou quoi?!?	01/01/83	9782803603909	Dupa	2	... doesn't fall far from the trunk	Carlsen
9	L'ami ne fait pas le moine	01/01/84	9782803604371	Dupa	3	A dog is cheating	Carlsen
10	Cubitus et la boîte qui parle	01/01/84	9782803604593	Dupa	4th	The talking dog food	Carlsen
11	Chien sans souci	01/01/76	9782803604913	Dupa	5	A lazy man makes trouble	Carlsen
12	Tu nous fais marcher	01/01/85	9782803605200	Dupa	6th	It's going around again!	Carlsen
13	Chien fidèle	01/01/86	9782803614486	Dupa	7th	The way to success	Carlsen
14th	Pas de salades	10/01/86	9782803605781	Dupa	8th	A buddy named Viktor	Carlsen
15th	Est-ce bien sérieux?	01/01/87	9782803606078	Dupa	9	Unbelievable!	Carlsen
16	Alerte au pedalosaure	01/01/77	9782803606269	Dupa	10	The Pedalosaurus	Carlsen
17th	Quand tu nous tiens	01/01/88	9782803606788	Dupa	11	You only exist once!	Carlsen
18th	Tout en caressant	01/01/75	9782803607037	Dupa	12	Bad luck	Carlsen
19th	Remets-nous ça!	01/01/89	9782803607372	Dupa	13	Say that again!	Carlsen
20th	Toujours with two sucres	06/01/89	9782803607594	Dupa	14th	Sugar sweet	Carlsen
21st	L'esprit égaré	12/01/89	9782803607853	Dupa	15th	A ghost seldom comes alone	Carlsen
22nd	Les enquêtes de l'inspecteur Cubitus	01/01/90	9782803613724	Dupa	16	The cases of Inspector Cubitus	Phoenix
23	Donne la belle papatte	10/01/90	9782803617302	Dupa	17th	Give it a nice paw	Piredda	05.09.08
24	Tout ça, c'est des histoires	01/01/91	9782803609093	Dupa	18th	True flunker stories	Piredda	11/06/08
25th	Chien sans accroc	10/01/91	9782803614721	Dupa	19th	Debacle without blemish	Piredda	1/15/09
26th	Cubitus se met au vert	01/01/92	9782803614516	Dupa	20th	Excursion into the countryside	Piredda	04/01/09
27	Chat, ch'est you chien!	10/01/92	9782803613755	Dupa	21st	Cat music	Piredda	08/01/09
28	Copain toutes catégories	01/01/93	9782803610365	Dupa	22nd	A buddy returns	Piredda	1/15/10	9783941279056
29	Cubitus fait toujours le beau	10/01/93	9782803613748	Dupa	23	Great prospects	Piredda	09/01/10	9783941279068
30th	Au poil près	01/01/94	9782803611195	Dupa	24	Precisely	Piredda	01/17/11	9783941279070
31	Cubitus et les cumulus de Romulus	10/01/94	9782803610921	Dupa	25th	Duel above the clouds	Piredda	07/15/11	9783941279087
32	Mon chien quotidien	01/01/95	9782803611393	Dupa	26th	friends for life	Piredda	04/16/12	9783941279094
33	Un bouquet garni pour cubitus	01/01/96	9782803612079	Dupa	27	The mysterious bouquet	Piredda	03/25/13	9783941279100
34	Chien indispensable	05/01/97	9782803612512	Dupa	28	Irreplaceable!	Piredda	10/30/13	9783941279117
35	L'heritage du Pastaga	02/13/98	9782803613236	Dupa	29	The legacy of the Pastaga	Piredda	August 2014	9783941279124
36	Cubitus ne mord jamais	01/01/99	9782803613878	Dupa	30th	Don't worry, it won't bite!	Piredda	April 2016	9783941279131
37	Si tous les gags du monde ...	02/01/00	9782803613885	Dupa	31	Gags around the world	Piredda	May 2018	9783941279148
38	Ça n'arrive qu'à toi ...	02/01/01	9782803616176	Dupa (posthumous)
39	Tu te la coules douce ...	06/01/02	9782803617470	Dupa (posthumous)
LNA 1	En avant toute!	09/01/05	9782803621156	Aucaigne, Rodrigue
LNA 2	Un chien peut en cacher un autre	09/22/06	9782803621873	Aucaigne, Rodrigue
LNA 3	En haut de la vague!	07/06/07	9782803622863	Aucaigne, Rodrigue
LNA 4	Tous des héros!	08/22/08	9782803624188	Aucaigne, Rodrigue
LNA 5	La Truffe dans le Guidon!	08/28/09	9782803625536	Aucaigne, Rodrigue

LNA = Les nouvelles aventures de Cubitus

Sources: publisher lists and own volumes

cartoon

Television broadcast
German title	Cubitus, the pet dog
Original title	ど ん ど ん ド メ ル と ロ ン Don-Don Domeru / Domel to Ron
Country of production	Japan , Belgium , Netherlands
Year (s)	1988-89
length	25 minutes
Episodes	52
idea	Luc Dupanloup
music	Takanori Arisawa
First broadcast	April 5, 1988 - March 27, 1989 on TV Tokyo
German-language first broadcast	1990 on RTL Plus
synchronization

In 1988 the comic was implemented as a cartoon ( anime ) in a Japanese-Belgian-Dutch joint production . The series consists of 52 double episodes. The lead director was Hiroshi Sasagawa .

In Japanese, the opening title Fly Away - Yume no Hikōki (Fly away - 夢 の 飛行 機 - , German "Flying away - airplane of dreams") and the closing title Go! Go! My Friend (GO! GO! マ イ フ レ ン ド , GO! GO! Mai furendo ) texted by Alice Satō, composed by Takanori Arisawa and sung by Mitsuko Horie .

The French opening title V'là Cubitus is sung by Jacques Balutin .

In Germany, Cubitus has been on RTL since the beginning of 1990 .

synchronization

role		Japanese speaker ( seiyū )	German speaker
Domel (ド メ ルDomeru )	Cubitus	Naoki Tatsuta (龍田 直樹)	Michael Rüth
Ron (ロ ン)	Buoy mountain	Kaneta Kimotsuki (肝 付 兼 太)	Bruno Walter Pantel
Beatrix (ベ ア ト リ ク スBeatorikusu )	Beatrix	Kazuko Sugiyama (杉山 佳 寿 子)	Marianne Ruth Wischmann
Blackie (ブ ラ ッ キ ーBurakkī )	Paustian	Rika Matsumoto (松本 梨 香)	Michael Habeck
Cherry (チ ェ リ ーCherī )		Mīna Tominaga (冨 永 み ー な)
Police (ポ リ スPorisu )		Kōichi Yamadera (山寺 宏 一)
Bob (ボ ブBobu )		TARAKO (ＴＡＲＡＫＯ)

Other languages

In other countries the printed comics or the series are called: Dommel (Netherlands, Poland), Wowser (USA), كعبول (Arab countries), Muppelo or Pom Pom (Finland), ど ん ど ん と ド メ ル ロ ン (Don-Don Domeru / Domel to Ron) (Japan), Доммель (Russia), Teodoro (series: Teodoro e l'invenzione che non va ) (Italy).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cubitus statue in Limal (Wallonia) ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)  
2. ^ Verlag Kult Editions ( Memento from February 10, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Announcement Cubitus Volume 17
3. ↑ Forum entries ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. to the false start of the sequel in cult editions  
4. ^ Verlag Le Lombard List of Cubitus volumes
5. ↑ Verlag Le Lombard  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. List of the series "Les nouvelles aventures de Cubitus"  
6. ↑ ど ん ど ん ド メ ル と ロ ン at allcinema.net (Japanese)

Web links

• Cubitus - The TV series in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Unofficial Cubitus fansite
• Cubitus at Piredda Verlag
• Information about the television series with episode list
• Information on the television series at Anime News Network