Sophie (comic)

Comic
title	Sophie
Original title	Sophie
country	Belgium
author	Jidéhem Vicq
Illustrator	Jidéhem
publishing company	Dupuis
magazine	Spirou
First publication	1964-1994
expenditure	20th

Sophie was a Belgian comic strip series originally written by Vicq and co-written and drawn by Jidéhem . The series follows the adventures of a young girl and was pre-released in Spirou between 1964 and 1994 . The series was the first comic series in Spirou with a female main character.

history

Sophie was originally a supporting character in Jidéhem's Starter, a column dedicated to automobiles in Spirou. Starter showed the adventures of a young mechanic and his young companion named Sophie. When readers became more interested in Sophie than Starter, she got her own series.

Characters

Sophie Karamazout

Sophie Karamazout is a sweet and pretty little girl who was created by her father, Mr. Karamazout, with the ingredients "sugar, spices and everything that is beautiful". She lived with her father and butler in a huge mansion in a quiet area outside of town. She always wears her long hair in two tails that are held together by a bow. Sophie is a girl who has the elegance and beauty of a young woman. Like most girls and women, she has a large wardrobe with very feminine clothes. In contrast to many comic characters, Sophie doesn't have a fixed outfit. As the daughter of an electrical engineer, she is not only intelligent, but also very charming. She often uses her feminine charm to convince men of their rights or to be able to get their way. However, she never does it out of self-interest. Sophie hates injustice and always wants to help others. She also does not like violence and encourages others to find non-violent solutions.

Mr. Karamazout

Mr Karamazout is Sophie's father and an electrical engineer by profession. He has blonde hair and wears glasses. They live with his daughter and her butler Joseph in a villa in a quiet area outside the city. In this quiet place he can get involved in new inventions, which are often commissioned by a large company. His most famous inventions are: the egg, the bell of silence and the ray KA. These inventions are often the target of greedy bandits. Sometimes he is so absorbed in his work that he does not notice that his daughter is going on an adventure again. He likes to smoke a pipe. His first name is not mentioned.

Joseph

Joseph is the butler for the Karamazout family. He cooks, looks after the house and acts as a taxi driver.

starter

Starter has dark hair and usually wears a light blue shirt, light blue pants, and white shoes. He is a mechanic by profession. He works for Spirou as a test driver for cars because of his excellent driving skills.

pipette

Pipette is Starter's best friend, whom he lives with. He works as a test driver for Spirou, but with two-wheeled vehicles. In terms of temperament, Pipette is the opposite of Starter. If Starter is rather calm and thoughtful, Pipette is impetuous and clumsy. It's quite excitable, especially when people (especially Sophie) make fun of him. Even so, he is always ready to help those in need. He is a friendly man who likes to eat well and have a drink. Pipette usually wears a green shirt and brown pants. Sophie sometimes affectionately calls him "Uncle Pipette". Just like with Starter, his last name is not mentioned.

Bernard

Bernard is Sophie's best friend and a year or two younger than her. It mostly appears in Sophie's shorter adventures. She is often scared and turns to Sophie for help. Bernard can scream very loudly and is often compared to a mermaid. Bernard is called Harrietje in some earlier stories.

Zoé

Zoe is a dark, intelligent car with a will of its own. Its builder, Mr. Buis, gave it an electronic brain. Zoé has a gasoline engine, but could also run on other fuels. If he does not get "Super" petrol, he is an appropriate expression of his dissatisfaction. After Mr Buis' death, Zoé becomes the property of Pieters. Zoe is inspired by the Herbie VW Beetle .

Publications

In 1964 the story Het ei van Karapolie appeared in Spirou's editions 1345 to 1365. Individual stories from Sophie were continuously published. The last one was in 1994 Het graf in de grot in the issues 2948 to 2957. At the same time, between 1968 and 1995, 20 individual hardcover volumes were published. Several edited volumes were published between 2013 and 2019.

In Germany, the comic first appeared in 1970 as the funny Lilli in the paperbacks Kauka Comic and Fix and Foxi extra , from 1975 to 1977 also in the Fix and Foxi magazine. The Reiner Feest Verlag published eight albums from 1987 as An Adventure by Sophie .

Albums
number	title	First edition	New edition	Original title	Number of stories
1	Het ei van Karapolie	1968	1980	L'Œuf de Karamazout	2
2	De bel the stilte	1968	1980	La Bulle du silence	2
3	Gelukkige Sophie 1st series	1969	1981	Les Bonheurs de Sophie, 1st series	8th
4th	Zoef voelt very sorry	1970	1981	Qui fait peur à Zoé?	2
5	Sophie en de KA-straal	1971	1981	Sophie et le Rayon Kâ	2
6th	Het huis aan de overkant	1972	1982	La maison d'en face	1
7th	Sophie en het pratende blok	1972	1982	Sophie et le Cube qui parle	2
8th	Gelukkige Sophie 2de series	1973	1983	Les Bonheurs de Sophie, 2nd series	7th
9	Sophie en de kroon van Quitl Watnlawatl	1973	1983	La Tiare de Matlotl Halatomatl	1
10	Sophie en douanier signs	1974	1984	Sophie et le Douanier Rousseau	3
11	Sophie en de adem van de draak	1976	1984	Sophie et le Souffle du dragon	4th
12	The dekselse Sophie	1977		Cette sacrée Sophie	6th
13	Sophie en de four seizoenen	1978	1990	Les Quatre Saisons	1
14th	Sophie en inspecteur Ceris	1979		Sophie et l'Inspecteur Céleste	1
15th	Sophie and Donald Mac Donald	1980		Sophie and Donald Mac Donald	1
16	Retro Sophie	1981		Rétro Sophie	5
17th	Sophie en Co	1984		Sophie et Cie	6th
18th	Don Giovanni	1990		Don Giovanni	1
19th	The 12th daughter of the U 522	1991		L'Odyssée du U 522	1
20th	Het graf in de grot	1995		Le Tombeau des glyphes	1

Anthologies
title	First edition	Included stories	ISBN
Van starter to Sophie	2016	Het ei van Karapolie Starter tegen de brokkenmakers Het huis aan de overkant	ISBN 978-90-343-0639-5
De vindingen van Karapolie	2017	De bel the styled Successful Sophies Sophie en het pratende blok	ISBN 978-90-343-0663-0
Zoef is afraid!	2019	Sophie en de KA-straal Sophie en het pratende bloks Gelukkige Sophie - 2nd series	ISBN 978-90-343-0768-2
1972-1978	2016	La tiare de Matlotl Halatomatl Sophie et le douanier Rousseauk Sophie et le souffle du dragon Cette sacrée Sophie Les quatre saisons Rétro Sophie	ISBN 978-2-8001-6374-1
1977-1994	2017	Sophie et l'inspecteur Céleste Sophie et Donald Mac Donald Sophie et Cie Don Giovanni L'odyssée du U 522 Le tombeau des glyphes	ISBN 978-2-8001-7027-5

Cameo appearances

Sophie in other series

Sophie appeared in 2 albums of the Boule & Bill comic series :

• 1973, No. 9: Een hondenleven
• 1991, buiten reeks: Billie is lost

Other characters in the comic series Sophie

• Volume 12 The dekselse Sophie: In the story Sophie en de Smurfen , she meets Smurfs . These have to do with Edgar Gamel, a descendant of Gargamel.
• Volume 3 Gelukkige Sophie 1st series: In the story of Calamity Sophie , Sophie and her friends dress up as Calamity Jane, Lucky Luke, Billy the Kid or the Daltons. The artist Morris makes a cameo .
• Agent 212 appears in the story Sophie en inspecteur Ceris .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sophie (comic) List of publications on Stripinfo.be. Retrieved August 15, 2019. (Dutch)
2. ↑ The funny Lilli at kaukapedia.com
3. ↑ An adventure from Sophie at comicguide.de