Oliver & Columbine

Comic
title	Oliver & Columbine
Original title	Olivier Rameau
country	Belgium
author	Greg Dany
Illustrator	Dany
publishing company	Lombard
magazine	Tintin
First publication	1968-2005

Oliver & Columbine ( Olivier Rameau ) is a Franco-Belgian comic series that began in 1968 .

action

Oliver Arglos is bored of his daily work in a notary's office. His monotonous life only changes when he happens to arrive with his older work colleague, Mr. Prudenz, in the land of Schauimtraum, where bad thoughts are forbidden. There he met the lovely Columbine and other residents. With her he has to protect the country from harm several times.

background

Greg , the editor-in-chief of Tintin at the time , had the idea for the series and handed the drawing part to Dany . When Greg was in the USA, Dany published more short stories. The last album so far was released in 2005.

Publications

The series appeared from 1968 to 1977 in the Belgian and from 1968 to 1986 in the French edition of Tintin and 2005 in BoDoï. Other short stories were printed in Tintin Sélection and Super Tintin . The albums were released by Le Lombard, Dargaud and Joker Editions. In 1981 an episode in Rate mal Comics by Pabel appeared for the first time in German-speaking countries . After two albums on Seven Island Edition, BSE Verlag took over the album edition.

Long stories

The Wonderful Odyssey (1968–1969)
The Make a Wish Ball (1969)
The Castle of the 4 Moons (1970)
A Ship To Nowhere (1971)
The Great Journey into Absurdities (1972)
The bird here and there (1973–1974)
The three-part mirror (1975–1976)
The Trumpet of Silence (1977)
The good mood cannon (1982)
The ocean without a surface (1986)
Gone in the Dark Bayou (2005)

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] Dany (French)

[2] Interview with Dany (French)

[3] Belgian magazine (Tintin) (French)

[4] French magazine (Tintin) (French)

[5] Magazine (BoDoï) (French)

[6] Albums (French)

[7] Magazine 2 (Guess the comics)

[8] Albums (Seven Island)

[9] Albums (BSE)