Isnogud

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Isnogud (from is no good "good for nothing / is a no-good") is a comic series that was created by René Goscinny (texts) and Jean Tabary (drawings) in 1962 for the first edition of the French magazine Record . It is set in medieval Baghdad . The main character is the insidious Grand Vizier of the same name , who repeatedly tries in vain to eliminate the caliph in order to ascend the throne himself.

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Grand Vizier Isnogud desperately wants to “become caliph instead of caliph”. He cunningly tries by all means to eliminate the caliph Harun al-Pussah and to ascend the throne himself. However, his assassinations are all failures. A recurring motive is that the unsuccessful assassinations, due to stupid coincidences, appear to the childishly naive caliph as a boon or extraordinary performance of his grand vizier, whereupon Isnogud rises even further in the caliph's favor. Yet Isnogud continues to strive to get rid of him. Isnogud's henchman in all attacks is his loyal rental slave Tunichgud (French: Dilat Laraht ).

The authors appear as minor characters in various albums.

History of the series

From 1968, the stories also appeared in the magazine Pilote , later stories were drawn directly for comic books. After Goscinny's death in 1977, Tabary continued the series alone.

In 2008 the first volume was published without the intervention of one of the original authors as a family production by Nicolas Tabary and his siblings Muriel and Stéphane. After Jean Tabary's death in 2011, the family sold all rights to the series to Anne Goscinny's publisher IMAV éditions. Since 2012, new volumes, written by Laurent Vassilian and drawn by Nicolas Tabary, have been published under the title Les nouvelles aventures d'Iznogoud ( The New Adventures of Grand Vizier Isnogud ).

Publication in Germany

In Germany the comics debuted in 1970 in the comic magazine MV-Comix of Egmont Ehapa Verlag , where they appeared until 1977. The albums have also been released by Ehapa since 1974, initially under the series title The Adventures of Caliph Harun al Pussah . Some of the stories were later printed in Yps and the magazine The Speech Bubble.

Since 1974 the albums have been published by Ehapa both in softcover and, in much smaller editions, in hardcover. There are now 30 volumes of the French original series, the first 14 of which were written by Goscinny, as well as volumes 22, 23 and 24, which were only published after his death. In addition, the anthology His meanest pranks appeared , which contains volumes 3, 6 and 8. Volume 20 is a reprint from the series Die Nightträume des Isnogud published by Boiselle Löhmann.

From March 2008 to March 2010 a nine-volume complete edition was published by the Egmont Comic Collection under the title The Collected Adventures of Grand Vizier Isnogud , which was continued in 2017 with Volume 10 and the new adventures.

The New Adventures of Grand Vizier Isnogud, which have been published in France since 2012 , have been published in German in the form of single albums at dani books since October 2015 .

The following volumes have been published in Germany:

French numbering Original title German numbering German title Copywriter Illustrator Original publication contained in the complete volume annotation
1 Le Grand Vizir Iznogoud 1 Isnogud the Grand Vizier René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1966 1
2 Les Complots du grand vizir Iznogoud 2 The angry grand vizier René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1967 1
3 Les Vacances du calife 3 Dangerous vacations René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1968 1
4th Iznogoud l'infâme 4th The infamous pranks of Grand Vizier Isnogud René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1969 2
5 Des astres pour Iznogoud 5 Isnogud's great moments René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1969 2
6th Iznogoud et l'Ordinateur magique 6th The magic box René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1970 2
7th Une carotte pour Iznogoud 7th A carrot for Isnogud René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1971 3
8th Le jour des fous 8th Isnogud and the day of fools René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1972 3
9 Le tapis magique 9 The magic carpet René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1973 3
10 Iznogoud l'acharné 10 Isnogud the Sly René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1974 4th
11 La Tete de turc d'Iznogoud 11 The scapegoat René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1975 4th
12 Le Conte de fées d'Iznogoud 12 Fairy magic around Isnogud René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1976 5
13 Je veux être calife à la place du calife 15th I want to be Caliph instead of the Caliph partly René Goscinny, partly Jean Tabary Jean Tabary 1978 5
14th Les Cauchemars d'Iznogoud - Tome 1 20th Dark prospects René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1979 4th Daily newspaper trips
15th L'Enfance d'Iznogoud 13 Isnogud's childhood Jean Tabary Jean Tabary 1981 6th
16 Iznogoud et les Femmes 14th Isnogud and the women Jean Tabary Jean Tabary 1983 6th
17th Les Cauchemars d'Iznogoud - Tome 4 24 Isnogud's nervous crises Alain Buhler Jean Tabary 1984 7th Daily newspaper trips
18th Le Complice d'Iznogoud 16 Isnogud's accomplice Jean Tabary Jean Tabary 1985 7th
19th L'Anniversaire d'Iznogoud 17th Isnogud's birthday Jean Tabary Jean Tabary 1987 7th
20th Iznogoud enfin calife! 18th Caliph at last ?! Jean Tabary Jean Tabary 1989 8th
21st Le Piège de la Sirène 19th Nefarious machinations Jean Tabary Jean Tabary 1992 8th
22nd Les Cauchemars d'Iznogoud - Tome 2 22nd Isnogud's nightmares René Goscinny Jean Tabary 1994 5 Daily newspaper trips
23 Les Cauchemars d'Iznogoud - Tome 3 23 Isnogud's delusions partly René Goscinny, partly Alain Buhler Jean Tabary 1994 6th Daily newspaper trips
24 Les Retours d'Iznogoud 21st Isnogud's return partly René Goscinny, partly Jean Tabary Jean Tabary 1994 8th
25th Qui a tué le calife? Who killed the caliph? Jean Tabary Jean Tabary 1998 9 only published in the complete edition
26th Un monstre sympathique A terribly likeable guy Jean Tabary Jean Tabary 2000 9 only published in the complete edition
27 La Faute de l'ancêtre Ancestral fault Jean Tabary Jean Tabary 2004 9 only published in the complete edition
28 Les Mille et Une Nuits du Calife Muriel Tabary-Dumas and Stéphane Tabary Nicolas Tabary 2008 10 As a continuation in Zack magazine
29 Iznogoud president 1 President Isnogud Nicolas Canteloup and Laurent Vassilian Nicolas Tabary 2012 10 Published as Volume 1 of "The New Adventures of Grand Vizier Isnogud" by dani books in October 2015.
30th De père en fils! 2 Like father, like son! Laurent Vassilian Nicolas Tabary 2015 10 Published in May 2017 by dani books as Volume 2 of "The New Adventures of Grand Vizier Isnogud".

filming

The originally planned project of a film adaptation with Louis de Funès in the leading role was dropped after the death of René Goscinny.

In 1995 a 26-part animated series was created in which stories from the comics were filmed. Some details have been changed, for example, in contrast to the comics, there are no disabled people (one-legged, etc.). Since April 2009 the 26 double episodes have been available in German on three DVDs.

01 The magic bed Hats off!
02 The magic catalog heaven and hell
03 Isnogud's rocket launch Isnogud's pupil
04 Eye candy The time machine
05 It croaks in the caliphate Mr. Gasbutan's bottle
06 The state visit The mysterious poster sticker
07 The picnic The lookalike
08 The Muckefuck The Djinni
09 The terrible gilder incognito
10 Do you have sounds The magic box
11 The misfortune diamond Space magic
12 The challenge The sleigh ride in the caliphate
13 The caliph on cruise A catastrophic nap
14th The island of the giants Scandal in Baghdad
15th Election in the caliphate The wax museum
16 The election mirror Scent of oblivion
17th The Tataran talisman Just fabulous
18th Back and forth and back and forth The Turkish head
19th summer holidays The great talisman of the caliph
20th The Sheikh's Potion The fool's day
21st Black paintings The mysterious ointment
22nd Eggs from Ur The road to nowhere
23 The invisible threat The magic carpet
24 The souvenir box Souvenir island
25th the maze A genie solves problems
26th On a tiger hunt The magic doll

On February 9, 2005, a real-life film was released in French cinemas under the title Isnogud - The Bad Grand Vizier with Michaël Youn as Isnogud and Jacques Villeret as Caliph Harun al-Pussah. The singer Sofia Essaïdi appeared in a supporting role .

Isnogud in other languages

Original French title: Iznogoud
English: Iznogoud
Finnish: Ahmed Ahne ("Ahmed the Greedy")
Greek: Ιζνογκούντ ( Isnogúd )
Icelandic: Fláráður Stórvesír ("Grand Vizier Ränkevoll")
Dutch: Iznogoedh
Norwegian: Iznogood
Spanish: El gran visir Iznogud

Parodies and references

Based on the original, parodies were created , for example in the satirical magazine Titanic with Schröder as Harun al Pussah and Müntefering as Isnogud.

In France, calife à la place du calife ("caliph instead of caliph") has entered common parlance as an expression for someone who tries in vain to achieve something. The Prix ​​Iznogoud has been a negative prize in France since 1992 , which is awarded to people in French society who have failed in a certain, ambitious project.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fantastic News about The Collected Adventures of Grand Vizier Isnogud 8 . Accessed December 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ Fantastic News about The Collected Adventures of Grand Vizier Isnogud 9 . Accessed December 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ Caliph instead of the caliph. In: Die Weltwoche , July 8, 2015.