May 1, 2009

Lion Comics #160 – Iznogoud | Apr '00

The sweltering heat in Chennai is touching its height with mercury hovering around 40°Celsius, and to add more spice to it the calendar alarmingly has just zoomed past April, meaning the more hotter May has just started. With the financial slowdown, roasted poor souls are taking it slow on their summer vacations too, meaning It’s sweaty days ahead for all, including Comicologists.

While from Comicology, even though I can’t take you for a chill ride, I could instead offer a Chill pill, by introducing a comic character well known for its humour in any temperature, the cunning Iznogoud, to close down the month of April. It closely follows our Disney India News updated in our last post, marking two consecutive posts about humorous comic characters from two different genres. Isn’t Comics a whole new world on its own? Let’s move on to post :-).

Lion Comics #160: Thalaikeelai Oru Thinam  
(தலைகீழாய் ஒரு தினம்) - [A Day of Chaos]
Lion #160 with Iznogoud on Cover
starring Iznogoud or மதியில்லா மந்திரி

It is in the month of April 2000, almost a decade back, Prakash Publishers, the South India based Tamil Comics publisher, decided to feature Iznogoud in a solo title of its own, in their flagship comics magazine Lion Comics.

Lion Comics had earlier published Iznogoud in three supplement stories, a year before in 1999:

  • In Issue #147 on Feb-99: a 16 page debut story titled Comedy Galatta (காமெடி கலாட்டா), meaning ‘Comedy Galore’; 
     
  • In Issue #152 on Aug-99: a 20 page story titled Vendhanukku Vidumurai (வேந்தனுக்கு விடுமுறை), meaning ‘Holiday to the King/Sultan’;  and
       
  • In Issue #155 on Nov-99: a 16 page story titled Karaipaar Karaithaal (கரைப்பார் கரைத்தால்), meaning ‘Achieving with perseverance’;

If you thought the Tamil titles to Iznogoud were top-class, Lion Comics Editor S.Vijayan, went one-up by aptly renaming Iznogoud, as Madhiyilla Mandhiri (தியில்லா மந்திரி) meaning ‘Mindless Minister’.

A true depiction of the characteristics attributed to the humorous comics icon.

The short stories (The first title was serialized as MM-1) probably indicated that Mr.Vijayan, was more interested to utilize Iznogoud as a page-filler for his other famous comic characters titles. But the positive fan reaction he received for these stories boosted him to try launching an exclusive title for Iznogoud.

Intro of Iznogoud Characters (c) CinebookThus was born Lion Comics #160, carrying Iznogoud in its cover, ultimately giving the due credit to the comic character, which has captivated comic fans around the world with his trademark comical acts.

Iznogoud is a story about a evil antagonist and second-in-line minister, to the Caliph/Sultan of Baghdad, Haroun El Plassid. Iznogoud aspires to replace Plassid in his position.

In order to achieve this goal, he devises numerous Iznogoud with Larath & Harounplots to eliminate the Sultan. But true to his name (Iznogoud is actually a French accent for the English words “is no good”) he always ends up as the one at the wrong end, either spoilt by his partners in crime (?!), mostly by his dumb-wit but faithful assistant Wa'at Alahf (Dilat Larath, in the French original), or at sometimes by the main man himself.

So there are enough in the storyline to tickle that fun bone in all comics readers. Iznogoud is another comic character from the famed Franco-Belgian Genre, created by writer René Goscinny, and artist Jean Tabary. Before we get down with these Lion Comics instalments, let’s look into these legendary creators and their creation in detail.


Rene GoscinnyRené Goscinny, needs no introduction to Comicologists, as he is famously known as the creator of Asterix, and as the artist who made famous the Lucky Luke series. (His work on Lucky Luke is well documented during our Lucky Luke debut post at Comicology, here).

Goscinny was born in Paris, France in Aug 14, 1926. A naturally shy persona, he is mostly known for making his friends laugh during his school days with his witty stories and actions. But misfortune of losing his father to a brain disease in 1943, meant that Goscinny moved to his first job as an accountant at the tender age of 17. But, he was laid off the following year.

That actually proved lucky, as it paved way for him land a job as a junior illustrator in an Ad Agency, thus continuing his childhood passion towards drawing. Even when he served in the French army, in 1946, his artistic talents meant that he was quickly appointed as a illustrator for the regiment to draw posters for the army.  

Lucky LukeGoscinny’s subsequent return to New York, saw him seeing the ups and downs of his career, which was as low as being jobless at one point, to seeing himself author a handful of children books. But this New York life, was significant in his career as he met his eventual long time friends, Joseph Gillain (Jijé), and Mauris de Bevere, known famously as the creator of Lucky Luke under his pen-name Morris, in the process forming a lengthy partnership with him on Lucky Luke titles.

AsterixIn 1955, Goscinny returned to Paris upon a friend’s suggestion, and eventually met his yet another future collaborator, Albert Uderzo, along with whom he created two of his best known comic characters Astérix and Oumpah-pah.

After working for a majority of comics publishers like Tintin, Spirou, Vailant, Goscinny eventually started his own comics magazine Pilote in 1959, along with his friends Charlier (Blueberry fame), Uderzo and Hébrar, which paved the ways for many artists and writers to showcase their talent.

Jean Tabary

Jean Tabary, Iznogoud’s co-creator, on the other hand was born in Stockholm, Sweden on Mar 05, 1930. Like Goscinny, Tabary also had a likening to tell stories during his childhood. Another talent of his was to imagine characters on the go. Thus comic as a mode of his expression, was written long before, he set foot on that lines.

Tabary's Totoche His earliest comic work was with The Adventures of Richard and Charlie, a French comic series in 1956 on Vailant magazine, for which Tabary directed for a total of 10 episodes.

But only in 1959, he made his first big hit comic character, ToToCHE, for the same magazine, which spawned a couple of off-shoot characters, all of which Tabary continued to write and draw until 1976.

iznogoudIznogoud in RecordTabary’s work with Vailant magazine made him interact with Goscinny in 1961 for some of the creative works. This partnership grew with time, and in the very next year, they both joined joined hands to create their most famous creation, Iznogoud, with Goscinny taking up the writing duties, and Tabary donning the Artist role.

But Iznogoud wasn’t the titular character for the series, as the first series of the venture which made its debut in the Record comics magazine on Jan 15, 1962, was about the comical account of Sultan, titled Les aventures du Calife Haroun el Poussah (The Adventures of Caliph Haroun El Plassid, in English).

Iznogoud Wallpaper But, it was the secondary character of the power-hungry chief vizier ‘Iznogoud’ which stole the limelight among comic fans, prompting Goscinny and Tabary to change their plot-work to make Iznogoud as the main character for the series.

Iznogoud in Pilote Even though much of the Iznogoud stories followed the same plot; of him trying to oust the caliph to take his place, Goscinny’s taste of satirical writing, evident in his earliest creation Asterix, always kept the plot fresh and new.

Coupled with Tabary’s nervous but effective and distinctive drawing style, the Iznogoud series touched stardom, eventually progressing to be featured in Goscinny’s own Pilote magazine.

Goscinny’s and Tabary’s successful partnership came to an abrupt end on Nov 05, 1977, when at the age of 51, Goscinny died of a heart attack. Tabary then decided to continue Iznogoud series on his own, much like how Albert Uderzo did with Goscinny’s other famous creation, Asterix. Tabary decided to dedicate each album to a single story, unlike during Goscinny period, which consisted of several short stories in one album.

There are different takes on this period change in the direction of Iznogoud, as many still argue that the short and witty Tabary's apperance in IznogoudIznogoud stories were much more attractive then the full-length ones of Tabary’s.

But the fact remains the Iznogoud, is one of the unique ones, who even though being of a bad character, has lived long enough to be called as the most famous anti-heroes of French comics or perhaps in the entire comics world.

Tabary and Goscinny always treated Iznogoud as one of their cherished and beloved projects, which meant that they themselves made several appearances as guests in their stories, often shown as discussing, or debating about the plot of the story, and appearing among crowd. In one story they even debate on the topic of Iznogoud ascendancy to Sultan, among the gathered crowd. Ultimate shower of love towards your work on display in here. (In the self-portrait of Tabary above, he says – “All including story is ready, but for the pictures” – Translation courtesy: ShankarV)


Iznogoud 28: Les mille et une nuits du Calife (2008)Iznogoud 01: Le Grand Vizir Iznogoud (1966)Iznogoud’s Publications: Even though it was started originally as a series for comics magazines; Starting from 1966 French publisher Dargaud started to release individual albums of Iznogoud. Dargaud published a total of 12 albums until 1976. After Goscinny’s passing away in 1977, Tabary decided to feature new Iznogoud titles in other publications, the majority of which have been released under Editions Tabary, a publication owned by Tabary and his family.

The latest album was number 28: Les mille et une nuits du Calife (The Thousand and One Nights of the Caliph), published on Nov 2008. This album was entirely created by Tabary’s children's: Nicolas, Stephane, and Muriel; under the watchful eyes of Tabary.

01: Iznogoud on Holiday (1977)For now, Tabary has decided to take a well-earned rest after a lengthy career which has spawned half a century. Let’s hope that his children's will be able to carry on the baton. The official website of Tabary features a picture of these 3 wonder kids, so please do check them out.

Starting from 1977, Egmont started translating Iznogoud in English, which was then later picked up by several publishers worldwide. Only notable changes by other publishers were that they changed Caliph to Sultan, to avoid offending Muslims who consider it as a sacred title.

Until the end of 2008, there are a total of 8 Iznogoud titles which have been translated into English from the French originals.  Apart from English, Iznogoud has been translated to further 14 languages, including German, Portuguese, Chinese, and recently in Tamil (by Lion Comics).

CineBook’s Venture: Recently CineBook, a famous UK based English Comics publisher of Franco-Belgian Goldie's, and one of the favourite publishers at Comicology, have taken the mantle of publishing Iznogoud in English, which are distributed in UK and US.

CineBook Iznogoud 03 (March 2009)CineBook Iznogoud 01 (Mar 2008)CineBook Iznogoud 02 (August 2008)In 2008 they published two Iznogoud English albums, with the 3rd one getting published as recently as March 2009. None of these titles were available with the CineBook’s 2009 Back-Issue released in India, which were listed at Comicology, over here.

For reasons, refers to the end of this post for news about Euro Books.

To know more about the publications of Iznogoud titles around the world refer to this wonderfully maintained fan site for Iznogoud – Iznogoud World. Credits to the original covers in this post goes to that painstakingly built site. While you are there, don’t forget to check out the Zines section, which has some info on Iznogoud’s India venture, contributed by Muthufan.


Now that we have looked into the creator details and publication history of Iznogoud, let’s look into its debut release in Tamil Comics, by our beloved Lion Comics.

Lion 147 Story 2 - pg49 - Iznogoud's Debut Lion #147 (Story-2): Comedy Galatta (காமெடி கலாட்டா)

In this debut story, Mr.Vijayan renamed the title characters of the series for local flavour, showcasing his command over the Tamil language, for which he is renowned for.

1. Iznogoud as Naa Modi Masthaan (நா ‘மோடி’ மஸ்தான்); a title which is used to comically depict the ‘black magicians’ at this part of the world.

2. Haroun El Plassid as Sultan Haroun Al Good Boy (சுல்தான் ஹாரூன் அல் குட் பாய்); referring to the good and simple nature of the character, and most importantly referring to him as Sultan (a politically correct name).

Iznogouds Introduction and his plan to oust Sultant3. Wa'at Alahf as Jaalra Boy (ஜால்ரா பாய்); a title which is reserved for the cheap celebrity worshippers in Tamil, which clearly depicts the characters of Iznogoud’s loyal assistant.

Sultan with Crown JewelThe story takes us to the annual event conducted in Baghdad, which is used to determine the righteous of a Sultan to rule the kingdom. As per the ritual Sultan must show his crown jewel, a Spectre, to the public, which will be kept locked inside a secret room in the palace, and will be opened only once in the year during this occasion.

The custom states that if Sultan fails to turn up with his Sceptre, then he will be executed then and there, with the second-in-command taking his place. This prompts Egmonts Caliph Spectre (1978)Iznogoud to devise plan to steal the Sceptre before the ceremony. So he hires a magician who is said to be good lock-picker. As usual everyone would know that his plans would fail once again.

But, the hilarious moments leading up to the climax, are one which is sure to bring out the kid in you break out with laughter. The top of the pick, is the scenes where the lock-picker opens every door inside the secret room, by doing different absurd methods.

It was a good story choice to introduce Iznogoud to Indian comic fans, and the comedic nature of the story along with Vijayan’s wonderful translation with typical Tamil scenario (look at the song the Sultan sings), turned out as a masterful combination.

Since, this was a supplementary story, the Iznogoud wasn’t featured in the cover, but the Original for this story was the one titled ‘The Caliph’s Sceptre’, from the UK’s Egmont English Iznogoud series. More on that later on the post.


Lion 152 p47 s2 IznogoudLion #152 (Story-2): Vendhanukku Vidumurai (வேந்தனுக்கு விடுமுறை)

The fan reaction Iznogoud received in his Tamil comics debut, prompted the editor to release another short story in the same year, as a supplement to Lion #152.

The story this time revolved around the Summer vacation which all citizens of Baghdad, undertake every year, travelling to the sea shores. (look at the Special Air Service version as it was available then, Tabary & Goscinny at their humorous best).

Caliph's Vacation (French Original)This story follows another plot of Iznogoud, in which he tries to fool the Sultan in following him on a summer trip to a far off land, with the mindset of killing him on the trip. What follows is Iznogoud’s own fate of seeing his plans unfold abruptly in the end.

We will look more in detail about this story as it deserves a special mention, which we could do along with our 01-The_Caliph's_Vacation (US Version published by Darguad)Lion #152 review at Comicology in the coming months. The titular character in that issue was Buck Ryan aka Detective Julian, who was the star of the recent Muthu Comics edition, reviewed at Comicology, here.

For starters, this story is the title story of “Caliphs Vacation” album listed in the above section about Iznogoud publication. Supplement story meant that we again missed out from witnessing the reproduction of this wonderful cover by our local artists at Muthu/Lion Comics office.

The idea of discussing the first supplement story in full, and the second supplement story over here in the post, which was about to discuss Lion #160 which carried Iznogoud in his solo title, was to map the introduction of Iznogoud in Tamil Comics, before we get down the Lion #160 review.

Since, the post has been growing too big, let’s skip past the 3rd supplement Iznogoud story, which featured in Lion #155. That will be reviewed in detail when we review that eventual title which featured one of Tex Willer’s classic cowboy story, titled Eratha Nagaram (இரத்த நகரம்), soon at Comicology.


Lion 160 p04 Iznogoud Lion #160 (Story-1): Thalaikeelai Oru Thinam (தலைகீழாய் ஒரு தினம்)

Finally we come back to the title, which is the topic of discussion for this post. The first time Iznogoud received his due credit, by appearing on the Cover and as the main story of a Lion Comics title.

Lion 160 p03 HotlineUnlike any of the previous two titles, Editor decided to name this title very differently (literal meaning -‘A Day of Chaos’). Look at the explanation which Editor provided in his Hotline, for the same.

Lion 160 p05 s1 Iznogoud Iznogoud’s unique plot is there witness in this story too, as it opens up on yet another unique annual celebration in Baghdad, where for one day, the Slaves become Masters, and the Masters become Slaves, for the 24 hours time until dawn.

So there was no surprises, when Iznogoud wakes up as a Sultan, but decides to create a coup and dethrone the Sultan forever, by utilising his time at the helm.

But, what he fails to understand that the situation also belongs to everyone who he commands now. Lion 160 p04 Hotline (Contd)His assistants now demands service from him, his generals are now serving the colonels, as he finds no one to help him on his plot.

So he then decides to utilize the services of the neighbouring country’s king, whose kingdom does not follow this celebration.  What then follows is a hilarious account of Iznogoud, as he races against time, to meet his objective.

The Chaos comes to an End The scenes where he tries his best to prove to the people that he is one among them, by disowning his wealth, title, etc. is the top pick. The climax has an interesting twist, with Goscinny & Tabary get involved to add to Iznogoud’s misery. :-) We are not going to discuss it further, to maintain the storyline for new time readers, as they should experience it first-hand rather than we discussing and revealing all the intrigued details of the story plot.

Overall, it was another Iznogoud classic, and Mr.Vijayan deserves a special accolade to deliver yet another of his wonderfully translated marvels. Goscinny had introduced so many witty dialogues which have their roots from the French culture. So, a literal translation of them would not gain any credits, and may even hamper the overall plot-work of the story.

A scenario evident in the fact that, when Iznogoud stories were translated to English it was performed by the same team which translated the Asterix series, with some amount of success in retaining the original plot, yet taking it to the culture of the translated language. More about the people behind this translation, when we review the Euro Book titles, about which you could read at the end of the post.

No wonder, Mr.Vijayan’s earlier works on Lucky Luke, Chick Bill story translations helped him to Album 5 -Iznogoud_and_the_Day_of_Misrulea great extent, by devising a new translation strategy for the Iznogoud series. The typical short stories of Iznogoud is also an ideal fit, for quick translation and publishing, something which will be a disguise for often delayed Lion Comics.

The only complaints of these Lion Comics Iznogoud instalments, were the black & white format, which at times destroys the intrigued details laced in the artwork. Another one is the B6 size, which has now become a standard of Lion/Muthu publications, which prompted Editor to use varied ways of publishing Iznogoud titles, sometimes in Landscape format, while other times in Portrait.

Not much you could demand in there, as every publisher has to base his product, to the target market. And no one better than Mr.Vijayan would know that for sure.

This particular story was originally featured in Iznogoud’s 5th English Album, titled ‘Iznogoud and The Day of Misrule’ released by Egmont in 1979. The Lion Comics #160’s Cover is also inspired by the cover of the same album. 

Lion 160 p25 s2 Rip Kirby Story-2: Maayamai Pona Manaalan (மாயமாய் போன மணாளன்) starring Rip Kirby

When we are reviewing the Lion #160, it’s justified we also mention about the second story which featured Rip Kirby’s adventure. Rip Kirby is often used by Editor Vijayan, as a page-filler, so he was again to the rescue for filling up the book pages, with the short Iznogoud story as its lead.

With all due credits to the creators of Rip Kirby, the fact remains that not all Rip Kirby stories has the “oomph” factor to lead a issue on its own. Even in this case, it is about Rip Kirby helping an about to be wed couple, to find each other, from the clutches of money launderers.

A typical, Simple and no-nonsense story for which Rip Kirby is known for. Serves as a good page filler.

Quick Book Facts: Prakash Publishers | Price: INR 5 | Pages: 68 c2c | Size: B6 | Soft Paperback | Published: Apr 2000

From Editors update in the Hotline of Lion #160, it was clear that the title was unplanned. But it was no doubt, that it was well received among Tamil Comic fans, who have always been receptive about the character and series choices the Editor makes, for his brand of Comics.

The demand was instrumental in Lion Comics continuing to feature Iznogoud in further issues on #168, #175, and #186 (Mega Dream Special) as supplement stories, and then in an exclusive title on Issue #189. Here is the complete list of all those stories published in Lion Comics so far, and their source, from the UK’s Egmont/Methuen.

# Issue No. Published Iznogoud Story Title Original Album (UK Egmont/Methuen)
Album Title (Published Year) – Story Title
1. Lion #147 Feb-99 Comedy Galatta
(காமெடி கலாட்டா)
The Magic Computer (1978) - The Caliph’s Sceptre
2. Lion #152 Aug-99 Vendhanukku Vidumurai
(வேந்தனுக்கு விடுமுறை)
The Caliph’s Vacation (1977) – Summer Vacation
3. Lion #155 Nov-99 Karaippar Karaithaal
(கரைப்பார் கரைத்தால்)
The Infamous (1977) – The Sinister Liquidator
4. Lion #160 Apr-00 Thalaikeelai Oru Thinam
(தலைகீழாய் ஒரு தினம்)
The Day of Misrule (1979) – The Day of Misrule
5. Lion #168 Jun-01 Vairam Venuma…? Vairam…!
(வைரம் வேணுமா வைரம்)
The Infamous (1977) – Unlucky Diamond
6. Lion #175 Nov-02 Vinnil Oru Mandhiri
(விண்ணில் ஒரு மந்திரி)
A Carrot for Iznogoud (1979) – Magic Fiction
7. Lion #186 May-04 Baagdhathil Therthal
(பாக்தாத்தில் தேர்தல்)
The Day of Misrule (1979) – Elections in the Caliphate
8. Lion #189 Dec-04 Sulthaanuku Oru Savaal
(சுல்தானுக்கொரு சவால்)
The Day of Misrule (1979) – The Challenge
9. Kanna Moochi Re… Re…
(கண்ணாமூச்சி ரே ரே)
The Day of Misrule (1979) – The Labyrinth

The list highlights that Mr.Vijayan chose to feature only those Iznogoud stories, which were earlier translated into English, further emphasizing his preference while selecting the stories, which was strengthened during during our Muthu Comics’s Martin Mystery review post at, at Comicology.

The_Carrot_StoryWe will look at each of the Iznogoud stories featured in Tamil Comics, when we go down reviewing these Lion titles, in months to come. That will give more breathing space for the Comicologists :-), and will be in line with our one old issue per review policy.

Lion #189’s Iznogoud story remains the last story of Iznogoud published in India so far. There was another story which was advertised for long, as the next probably addition to the list in Lion Comics, but never seen daylight, and remained only in Ads. 

The story was supposed to be from the original UK Album titled ‘A Carrot For Iznogoud’.


Gowarsons Comics Gowarsons Comics: And just in case if you have thought Lion Comics were the fore-runners in publishing Iznogoud in India, as much as we love to claim it, it only applies to Tamil language. The credit has to go to the North India based comics weekly magazine publisher, Madhu Muskan, who had ventured in publishing Goscinny work in India in early 80’s, after entering into a licensing deal with French publisher Darguad. Their publications where all in Hindi, thus bringing Goscinny’s 6 Asterix titles, and a few Iznogoud and Lucky Luke titles. Here are the covers from that bunch.

Gowarsons LuckyLuke 1 Gowarsons Iznogoud 1 Gowarsons Asterix 1

Gowarsons didn’t enjoy a great run, as it ran for a couple of years (1982-1984), ultimately closing shops during the TV boom in India. But, Madhu Muskan, the parent comics magazine which was started as early in 1972, is said to be still in publication. But I haven’t seen them at nearby stores so far, meaning they should have been now distributed locally.

Here is the last recognized address from which they were publishing: Madhu Muskan Publication Pvt Ltd, 341 Udyog Vihar Phase-IV, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Isn’t it a co-incident that Lion Comics and Gowarsons have published the same Iznogoud title in their first exclusive Iznogoud issue. Thanks to fellow comicologist Prabhat, for providing a tip-off about Gowarsons. Read more about Gowarsons at his blog post here, and here.

 

Euro Book's Coming Soon - Iznogoud & Lucky LukeEuro Books Upcoming Iznogoud Series: For the other language comics fans, just in case if you think that you have missed out from reading Iznogoud in India, there is a good news. Euro Books India, who last time around had introduced Biggles to Indian comic fans (Read the exclusive post of Euro Book’s Biggles here), have now ventured on to to release 12 titles of Iznogoud, which is just around the corner.

If it gets released it would mean that 4 new Iznogoud titles will be translated into English for the very first time world over. Refer to their Coming Soon section, here. I hope their translation would be up-to-the-standard, if not in the same levels of Iznogoud’s Tamil version. No one can match it for sure.

What’s more Euro Books have also planned to release 24 titles of Lucky Luke too. Stay tuned, as it would be covered right-up when it hits the stands right here at Comicology. Good days are ahead for Comicologists.

 

Tail-Piece - Iznogoud in other Media: Before we close down this Iznogoud debut post at Comicology, it will be good to also mention the other media appearances of Goscinny & Tabary’s creation, Iznogoud, to mark its evolution.

Iznogoud PlaystationMoving over from Comic books and series, In 1995, Iznogoud was featured in a 52 episode animation TV cartoon series. Much of those animated stories were picked up straight from the short stories featured in the 28 albums of Iznogoud.

The year 1998 also saw Iznogoud making it into a Playstation Game, which was not that successful, like the TV series.

Iznogoud FilmIn Feb 2005, Iznogoud was also made into a mainstream live-action movie in France, starring Michaël Youn and Jacques Villeret.

The film was named Iznogoud: Calife A La Place Du Calife. Majority of  the Comic heroes based movies always turned out a dud in box-office, and it was no different for this movie, which had bad script-writers contributing to the downfall.

Even the presence of Villeret, who is recognized as one of the best actors to come out of French movie industry, and also the favourite of fellow comicologist Lover of Dreams, couldn’t turn the tide with his performance in the movie, even though the Caliph’s role was tailor made for him. If only he had a better Director… Gosh.

If you don’t believe me, then hear it from a person who grew reading Iznogoud stories, and watched his childhood comic hero, in the movie format.

Soffia Esoudi in Iznogoud Film“Patrick Braoudé completely butchered Iznogoud. He's got a lot of nerve to dedicate his piece of junk to Goscinny and Tabary!” - dbdumonteil on IMDb Movie page.

As for me, the only saving grace of the entire affair was the appearance of the beautiful Franco-Moroccan singer, Sofia Essaïdi :-)

Iznogoud's WishSo, that brings us to the close of another lengthy post here at Comicology. Let’s close with one of the famous catch-phrases introduced by Iznogoud, and which is now used colloquially in French to refer to the over-ambitious persons. The recent recipient of that title, is none other than the present French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Such is an impact of Iznogoud, even among non-comic fans.

Not to forget, India had its own off-shoot version of Iznogoud, Tinkle’s Tantri the Mantri. We will see more about that in our next Tinkle post at Comicology.

References/Credits: 1. Iznogoud World | 2. Lambiek Tabary Profile | 3. Tabary’s Official Site | 4. Wikipedia

40 ComiComments:

Beautiful coverage on Iznogoud. Thanks.
I was unable to locate some information regarding him last year using google.
I remember him from my childhood days as "An Expensive (and much dream-seeked by me)Comicseries i couldn't afford to buy"
India Book house Created their Comic-Strip "Tantri the Mantri" series for Tinkle following Mr.IS-NO-GOOD (Iznogoud).
Great Article. :)

Thanks! Sadly, these are not available in Russia. However, 3 are available in English it’s already a good news. I read only one "Murkhata Divas" published by Goversons Comics.

@ Ajnaabi: You are not alone in that dream merchants tribe, my friend. In fact until 5 or 6 years back, the maximum I ever ventured on spending for a single issue never crossed INR 25.

But, we are now in receipt of some wonderful titles at thrown-away price, mainly because world has started to see India as a good market for Comics. Hopefully, the Euro Books supposed plan, would help one and all to own these marvelous pieces from Goscinny & Tabary, in English.

Good that I was able to offer some more info in your search. Thanks for your visit and comment, buddy.

P.S.: Tantri the Mantri is indeed the topic for our next Tinkle post at Comicology. Long been planning for a Iznogoud - Tantri comparison :). I have now added a hint for the same in this post.

@ Prabhat: Indeed it's a surprise that a country like Russia which has so deep roots with picture based literature, is yet to translate Iznogoud series. But, why worry as a bunch of Iznogoud titles are now going to be available in India soon at INR. Happy days ahead.

Thanks for the visit and comment, friend; and Thanks a Ton also for the news about Gowarson, which I have updated in the post, with credits to you. Your blog is a wealth of information for all comic fans. :)

You should have mentioned the ad which was coming for quite some time for Oru Carrot-in Kathai(A carrot for Iznogoud). This will be a full length story. I remember seeing this ad in Lion for the last 7/8 years.

To know more about the character visit the following URL:
http://www.iznogoudworld.com/

Info about Tamil issues is in the Zines section of the site.

If you get a chance to watch the English DVDs of Iznogoud, please do. They are hilarious. As good as Lucky Luke series.

ரஃபிக்,

இஸ்னோகுட் பற்றி சிறப்பான ஒர் பதிவை வழங்கியிருக்கிறீர்கள், இந்தியாவில்,கதை வெளியாகி இருக்க கூடிய அனைத்து மொழிகளிலும் உங்கள் தேடல் இடம் பெற்றது பாராட்டுக்குரியது.

உங்கள் இயல்பான மொழி நடை, பதிவை ஒர் தென்றல் காற்று போல் படித்திட செய்கிறது. என்னைப் போன்ற வாசகர்களிற்காக தம்மாத் துண்டு நிலவின் படத்தையும் சேர்த்துள்ளீர்கள்.

இஸ்னோ குட்டின் கதைகள் தமிழில் சிறப்பான வரவேற்பை பெறக் காரணம் ஆசிரியர் விஜயன் அவர்களின் மொழி பெயர்ப்பு என்பது உண்மை. சில வேளைகளில் இனி வரும் ஆங்கில வெளியீடுகள் உங்களை சிரிக்க வைக்கின்றனவா என்பதை நீங்கள் தான் கூற வேண்டும்.

இஸ்னோகுட் பாத்திரம் பிரென்ச்சு மக்களின் உன்னத குணமான பதவி ஆசை பற்றியது. தலைவர்களை கவிழ்ப்பதில் உலகெங்கும் ஒரே குணம் தான் போலும். ஜால்ராகள் இல்லாத ஊர் எங்கே உள்ளது.அதற்கு காமெடி வண்ணம் பூசி வழங்கிய போது அது வெற்றியடைந்தது. ஆனால் பிரென்ச்சு மக்கள் கதையைப் படித்த போது அதன் பாத்திரங்களுடன் தம்மை ஒப்பிட்டிருப்பார்களா தெரியாது.

தலை கீழாக ஒர் நாள் கூட மே தினத்தோடு சற்று ஒத்துப் போவதாக நான் உணர்கிறேன். ஒரு நாள் போராட்டம், கூச்சல். மறுநாள் பழைய ஆவர்த்தனம்.

இப்படி அற்புதமான பதிவை நீங்கள் தந்திரா விட்டால் தான் நான் அதனைப் பற்றி வியக்க வேண்டும்.

உற்சாகத்துடன் தொடருங்கள் உங்கள் அதிரடிகளை.

இப்படி.. பிரிச்சி மேயற அழகுக்காகவே..., வேலை கிடைக்கலின்னா கூட பேசாம இந்தியா கிளம்பி வந்துடலாம் போல இருக்கு. உங்களையும், கிங் விஸ்வாவையும் பார்க்கறதுக்காகவே......!!! :) :) :) :)

தலைவரே ,
மதியல்லா மந்திரி பற்றி மதிநுட்பத்துடன் பதிவு இட்டுள்ளீர்கள் . கறுப்பு வெள்ளை படங்களை விட கலர் இல் மதியல்லா மந்திரி கதைகளை ரசித்தால் அருமையாக உள்ளது . என்னிடம் வேந்தனுக்கு விடுமுறை கதை கலரில் ஆங்கிலத்தில் உள்ளது , தமிழில் மதியல்லா மந்திரிஇன் கதைகளை கலரில் ஒரே புத்தகமாக வெளிஇட்டால் நன்றாக இருக்கும் .

Lovingly,
Lucky Limat
Browse Comics

ரஃபிக்,
என் வலைபூவிற்கு வந்து ஊக்கமளித்ததற்கு நன்றி

Lovingly,
Lucky Limat
Browse Comics

@ Muthufan: Good to see you back at Comicology. Iznogoud World is indeed a great source of information, from which I retrieved all the original covers used in the post, and had given a credit link at the end of the post. I have added a special mention about the site again in between the post, with a special mention about your contribution to the site. The site deserves a special place among all Iznogoud fans.

Well, I didn't include the Lion Ad before, since the story never came out, nevertheless have added a reference to it over here, since you have mentioned about it. :)

English DVDs of Iznogoud, is indeed on My Wanted list. Have heard great reviews about it so far.

@ Shankar: அன்பரே, உங்கள் கருத்துகளை எதிர்பார்த்து காத்திருந்தேன். இந்தியாவில் இஸ்நோகுட் தமிழை தவிர வேறு மொழியிலும் வெளியாகி இருப்பது எனக்கும் இந்த பதிவு இடும் வரை அறியா தகவலே. ஒரு பதிவை இட எண்ணி அதை பற்றி மட்டும் சிந்தித்து கொண்டு இணையங்களில் தேடும் போது எவ்வளவோ புதிய விஷயங்களை அறிந்து கொள்கிறோம் என்பதில் எந்த வித சந்தேகமும் இல்லை.

தலைவர்கள் கவிப்பதில் தான் உலகலாவிய விஷயமாயிற்றே.... பிரஞ்சு மக்குள் நம் ஜனங்களிடம் கற்க அதில் நிறைய விஷயங்கள் இன்னும் உள்ளன.

கதாசிரியர் தன் சுற்றி நடக்கும் விஷயங்களை கதைகருவுக்குள் அனாயசமாக சேர்த்திருப்பதிலேயே இஸ்நோகுட்டின் தொடரின் வெற்றி நிதர்சனமாக தெரிகிறது.

தமிழை போல ஆங்கில வெளியீடுகள் இருக்குமோ என்பது சந்தேகமே. கடமைக்கே என்று தான் மொழி பெயர்ப்பார்கள் என்று நம்புகிறேன்... பார்ப்போம்... இன்னும் 1, 2 மாதங்களிள் புத்தகங்கள் கிடைக்கும் என்று எண்ணுகிறேன்.

மே தினத்துடன் தலை கீழ் தினத்தை நீங்கள் ஒப்பிட்டது மிக அருமை. நிதர்சனம் அப்படி இருக்கையில் மாற்று கருத்து கூற என்ன இருக்கிறது :)

பொண்ணான கருத்துக்கு மீண்டும் ஒரு முறை நன்றி.

@ Bala: நான் படித்த கதைகளை ஏனைய காமிக்ஸ் ரசிகர்களுக்கும் மொழி பிரச்சனை இல்லாமல் பகிர்ந்து கொள்வதற்கே இந்த பதிவுகள். அதற்காக தமிழ் காமிக்ஸ் காக நான் தான் ஆங்கிலத்தில் வலைப்பூ நடத்தி ஆபத்பாந்தவனாக இருக்கிறேன் என்றெல்லாம் மற்றவர்கள் போல நான் கூறி கொள்ள போவதில்லை. குறை இருந்தால் அதை நயமாக சுட்டி காட்டுவதிலும் தவற மாட்டேன். நிறை குறை சுட்டி காட்டினால் தான் எம்முயற்சியும் சிறப்படையும் என்பதில் மாற்று கருத்து இருக்க முடியாதே? அப்படி ஒரு பதிவு உங்களை மகிழ்வித்ததில் இரட்டிப்பு சந்தோஷம்.

தாரளமாக இந்தியா வருகை தாருங்கள்... எத்தனையோ வேலைகள் கொட்டி கிடக்கின்றன.... அங்கிருந்து தேடி பிடித்தே வந்து சேரலாம். பிரதிபலன் பாராத ஒத்த எண்ணம் உள்ள அண்பர்களை சந்திப்பதில், யாருக்கு தான் ஆர்வம் இருக்காது?

ரஃபிக், பெயர் மட்டுமல்ல இஸ்னோகுட்டின் முகச்சாயலும், உயரமும் சார்கோஸிக்கு சரியாகவே இருக்கும். ஒர் புதிய தகவலிற்கு நன்றி நண்பரே

@ Limat: தமிழில் இந்த காமிக்ஸ் காவியங்களை முழு வண்ணத்தில் காண்பது ஒரு கனவாகவே லயித்து விட்டது. சில சமயங்களில் நம் லயன் ஆசிரியர் விஜயன் அம்முயற்சியை மேற்கொண்டாலும், அவர் உபயோகிக்கும் காகித தரத்தில் வண்ணங்கள் கலவை சரிவர எடுத்து காட்டாமல் போய் விடுவது சோகமயமானது.

தமிழ் காமிக்ஸ் சர்வதேச தரத்தில் தொடர்ந்து வெளியாகும் கனவு பலிக்கும் வரை, ஆங்கிலத்தில் ஓவியங்களை வண்ணத்தில் காண்பதை தவிர வேறு வழியில்லை. நீங்கள் குடுத்து வைத்தவர், என்னிடம் இஸ்நோகுட் ஆங்கில பதிப்புகள் எதுவம் இல்லை, Euro Books வெளியிடும் புத்தகங்களை நம்பி நான் காத்திருக்கிறேன்.

உங்கள் புதிய வலைப்பூ வடிவு மாற்றம், மற்றும் பதிவு தொனி அபாரம். என்னை நீங்கள் அங்கு எப்போதும் எதிர்பார்க்கலாம்.


பி.கு.: நண்பரே, நான் என்றும் சாதாரண ரசிகனாகவே இருக்கவே விரும்புகிறேன். தலைவர், அரசர், என்ற பட்டத்தை மற்றவர்களே சொந்தம் கொண்டாடி கொள்ளட்டும். நீங்கள் என்னை எப்போதும் பெயர் சொல்லியே அழைக்கலாம். :)

ஷங்கர் அன்பரே, உண்மையே, உருவ ஒற்றுமை அபாரம்... பாவம் சர்கோஸி கேள்விபட்டால் மிகவும் மனம் நொந்து விடுவார். :)

இளவரசி போல அவருக்கு ஒரு காதல் மனைவி வேறு அமைந்திருப்பதை பார்த்தீர்களா... மனிதர் இஸ்நோகுட் போலவே வாழ்ந்து கொண்டு இருக்கிறார். ஒரே வித்தியாசம் இஸ்நோகுட் ஆசைப்பட்ட எல்லாம் இவருக்கு தானாக வாய்த்து விட்டது. பாவம் மதியில்லா மந்திரி.

ரஃபிக், சார்க்கோஸி மனம் நோக மாட்டார் ஆனால் என் மேல் தன் அதிகாரத்தை துஷ்பிரயோகம் செய்வார். அதற்கு பெயர் போன, கர்வம் தலைக்கேறிய நபர் அவர். பாருங்கள் கிளி மாதிரி ஒர் பெண் வந்து வாய்த்திருக்கிறது அவரிற்கு. ஹ்ம்ம்ம்ம்!!

அன்புத் தம்பி ரஃபிக்,

நான் என்ன விரும்பியா சார்கோஸியுடன் குடும்பம் நடத்துகிறேன், பேதை என் மனதிலும் சோகம் உண்டு, கண்ணில் ஈரம் உண்டு. என் உள்ளம் கவர் கள்வன் வயக்கரா தாத்தா எங்கே சென்று விட்டார். என் மனதைக் கொன்று விட்டார். என் அழகில் இன்று உலகமே மயங்கும். நான் அவரில் மயங்கினேன். செய்ன் நதியின் மீது பரவசமாக பறக்கையில், என் இறக்கைகள் கரைந்து போய் விட்டது போல் உணர்கின்றேன். அவர் நினைவில் கரைகின்றேன். பிஸ்சாவின் சாய்ந்த கோபுரத்தின் ஜன்னல்கள் வழி நுழையும் தென்றல் காற்றாக என்னைத் தழுவ மாட்டாரா என் அன்பர் வயக்கரா தாத்தா !!

என் உடன் பிறவா அண்ணன் ஜோஸிற்கு என் அன்பைத் தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறேன்.

Dear Rafiq,

நிறைய தகவல்களை திரட்டிக் கொடுத்திருக்கிறீர்கள். படங்களும் வழக்கம் போல் தெளிவாக இருக்கின்றன. ஒவ்வொரு பதிவிற்கும் நிறைய மணி நேரம் காமிக்ஸ் பதிவர்கள் (தமிழில் சித்திரக் கதை எத்தர்கள் என மொழி பெயர்கலாமா?) சிரத்தை எடுத்துக் கொள்ளும் நேரத்தை பார்த்தால் திகிலாக இருக்கிறது.

ஷான் பென், அட்ரியன் ப்ராடி, ராபர்ட் டி நீரோ, ஜேக் நிக்கல்சன் நடுவில் விஜய் மாதிரி நான் நிற்பதாக படுகிறது.

பாசமலரே, கர்லா, உன் மற்றொரு அன்பு அண்ணன் ‘ஈபிள் நாயகன்’ ஷங்கரை நலம் விசாரிக்க மறந்து விட்டாயே? ஏம்மா, ஏன்? உன் மாமா ரபீக் ப்ளாக்கு மட்டுந்தான் வருவீயா?

கார்லா அம்மையே, ஆரம்பித்திலேயே தம்பி என்று கூறிவிட்ட பின்பு இனி பேச என்ன இருக்கிறது.... எனக்கு கிடைச்சது அவ்ளோதான் :)

கூடவே ஜோஸையும் குடும்ப பினைப்பில் இனைத்து கொண்டீர்... பாவம் அவர்..... வயக்கரா தாத்தா, உனக்கு உடம்பு எல்லாம் மச்சம் தான்யா....

@ Josh: காமிக்கியலுக்கு மீண்டும் வருகை தந்திருக்கும் அன்பர் ஜோஷை, வருக வருக என்று வரவேற்கிறேன்.

பதிவிற்கு செலவிடும் நேரம், உங்களை போன்ற அன்பர்களின் கருத்தை படிக்கும் போது இனிப்பாக மாறி விடுகிறது. ஷங்கர் பாஷையில் சொல்ல வேண்டும் என்றால், தொடருங்கள் உங்கள் ஆதரவை.

விஜய்க்கு இருக்கும் மாஸ் ரசிகர்கள், பென்,ப்ராடி,நீரோவிற்கு உண்டோ... அதானே அவரின் சிறப்பு... இல்லை உங்களின் சிறப்பு. :)

சித்திர கதை எத்தர்களா...? :) 80-90 களிள் வந்த லயன் முத்து காமிக்ஸ் தலைப்புகள் போல இருக்கே.... நம்ம கனவுகளின் காதலரிடம் சொல்லி இதன் அடிப்படையில் ஒரு கதையை பிண்ண சொல்ல வேண்டும்.

ஈபிள் நாயகன் ஷங்கர்... ஆஹா, என்ன ஒரு அருமையான அடைமொழி..... நல்ல வேளை, இந்தியாவில் அவர் இருந்து இருந்தால் தாஜ் மகாலை அடிப்படையாக கொண்டு, "கல்லறை நாயகன்" என்று அழைத்து இருப்பீர்களோ... :)

I am a big FAN of Disney and Tom & Jerry:-)!. Calvin & Hobbess to an all time fav:-)!

Nice to jnow good comics in tamil, from you. Wd certainly give a try.

Cheers!

@ Viji: Good to meet another fellow comics fan. Disney, Tom & Jerry are tailor made for Animation, but there are times when they are good even on the comics format. If you love Disney Comics, then you would love to check out this previous post, which talks about Disney's newer comics to be available in India sooner.

Good to know that you are also interested to explore Tamil Comics. There is only one comics baton which is active in that field, and is none other than Lion/Muthu Publisher's. Best way to get them is to subscribe. :) Enjoy Reading !!

By the way, Welcome to Comicology and based on your free time, would hope to see your comments more often over here. You see, I am unsatisfied evil spirit :) hehehehe....

Beautiful post on Iznogoud one of my most fav. comic titles. My boss had a brilliant collection of real old Iznogouds, read some of them at his place. It inspired a lot of characters like Tantri The Mantri from Tinkle & Baankelaal series from Raj Comics.. Though both of them have tasted their share of fame but the humor created in Iznogoud by the master of funny writing Goscinny.

BTW have you ever checked out this other series called Leonardo was a Genius by Bob De Groot (if m not wrong)

@ Alok/Toonfactory: Good to meet another Iznogoud fan, in you my friend. No wonders that this humorous characters legend's impression in found in many a characters across regions.

I only wish that the Euro Books upcoming Iznogoud bundles translation gives due credit to the humors associated with the series. A mere translation would be the greatest insult to the comic series. If they make it right, then it will be a Tribute to Goscinny & Tabary's marvelous work.

I believe you are referring to the Bob De Groot's Léonard series, which was once translated into an English album as "Leonardo is Still a Genius" in 1984. Have heard good reviews about the series, which is said to be a humorous take on the real Da Vinci.

But, I haven't still got a chance to read them yet, hopefully the CineBook which is so committed to bringing all Franco-Belgian comics goldies, would be translating these Gems to English, and would make them available in India. I am hoping for the best, as learning French for the series is out of equation for now :) Do you own the English version ?

By the way, CineBook did translate another gem of Bob de Groot, in the form of Clifton. Did you check them out? if not please follow the link to the post above. It's one of my favorites (like there aren't none :)). I would be updating that post soon with the creators info, to bring it in line with the recent posts trend :).

@ RR : Yep I own one very old copy for Leonardo Is A Genius and its weirdly humorous...I wanna read other installments...Have some Cliftons with me, I think I came to know about their availability from your blog only buddy.

Waiting for the Euro imprint of Iznogoud...Let us know once its available.

@ TF: You keep tempting me with your wide collections of comics.... Wait till I get my hand on that old copy from your collection :) hehehehe

So good to hear, abt Clifton. Not much known, but a humorous character to say the least.

EB's Iznogoud, yes, count me in to update when they are available.

@Rafiq:From last few days,specially from yesterday,I'm digging your place(read comic-posts) AND man!! I'm thriled to learn some infos over few NEW characters whom I never read/heard about!! That's quite a nice finding..and one of them is IZNOGOUD!!:)
just when u told me EURO BOOK going 2 publish this seeries wid LL,i have made my mind to buy a few titles...besides ur posts,the Origin it(Franco-Belgian Genre) attracts me a lot!!
Now,hopefully we'll see this in Indian market soon...
KEEP this kinda informative posts here!!

PS - When visiting EB website,some other titles also attract me..may be you can help me there to get those!! :))
Now,it's like,besides my 'regular' comic buys,I've to invest a good amount(of my earning!) in these NEW findings too...and am ready for that! :P

@ MaNdrAke dudE: Dear Sagnik, Thanks for those kind words. All the time spent on exploring the background details and collecting info for each comic title, seems worthwhile when friends like you say that it was useful some way in them selecting their comics in their next shopping list. I will try to maintain the standard in the coming posts of Comicology. :)

Not only Iznogoud, there are many more. Keep exploring, and I will be happy to help you around with any buys from over here. Many of the Euro Books titles where still available when I last checked. For a complete list of them refer to this Label Euro BooksP.S.: New Spendings... I am already in that. Believe me, it's worth every penny to invest on these wonderful titles. They are a must for anyone who has a passion towards Comics.

I am just bowled overy by your research, your passion and straight-from-heart writing style - you really must be an AWESOME writer in Tamil. :)

@ KK: Dear Friend, it's so good to hear some warm comments about the blog posts at Comicology, from friends like you.

I hate to disappoint :-), but I am just an avid reader and fan of Comics in general, and Writing is too long a shot for me.... :) This blog is just an attempt to capture the imagination of a reader from my perspective. Good to hear you liked some, if not all of it :).

By the way, have you read Iznogoud before? If not, wait till the Euro Books mid July launch of 12 titles. Would be interested to know your side of story about this legendary cahracter here, whenever you find time.

Happy Reading !!

good lord rafiq! you are beating the living daylights out of wiki and toonopedia! much more information here than there. i think its high time you got the characters sorted and made a comipaedia of your own. one stop shop for all the info one needs. what say?

comipaedia is a good name to choose

@ GK: Thanks for those warm and encouraging comments. Beating Wikipedia may not be that easy, as that involves a lot of peoples contribution, and I am certainly not aiming for it :).

What I am trying to do is be free of any community-bound rules, and acts as a collator for all Comics news about a single title or comic character reviewed at Comicology. Happy that you liked it.

It's a most time-consuming affair, but I try to manage it between work and hobbies. Isn't comics our most cherished hobby of all? :)

By the way, I tried to do a glossary of comic titles or characters reviewed here at Comicology - Bibliography of Comicology. It's a humble beginning to say the least.

Thanks for your return visit and comment.

@ ERB: Loved the name you gave :)

Hi everyone,

I have found a blog with tons of European BD in English, Spanish and French...

Have a look:

http://tralhasvarias.blogspot.com

Cheers,
Gizmo

ரஃபிக், சார்க்கோஸி மனம் நோக மாட்டார் ஆனால் என் மேல் தன் அதிகாரத்தை துஷ்பிரயோகம் செய்வார். அதற்கு பெயர் போன, கர்வம் தலைக்கேறிய நபர் அவர். பாருங்கள் கிளி மாதிரி ஒர் பெண் வந்து வாய்த்திருக்கிறது அவரிற்கு. ஹ்ம்ம்ம்ம்!!

@ Limat: தமிழில் இந்த காமிக்ஸ் காவியங்களை முழு வண்ணத்தில் காண்பது ஒரு கனவாகவே லயித்து விட்டது. சில சமயங்களில் நம் லயன் ஆசிரியர் விஜயன் அம்முயற்சியை மேற்கொண்டாலும், அவர் உபயோகிக்கும் காகித தரத்தில் வண்ணங்கள் கலவை சரிவர எடுத்து காட்டாமல் போய் விடுவது சோகமயமானது.

தமிழ் காமிக்ஸ் சர்வதேச தரத்தில் தொடர்ந்து வெளியாகும் கனவு பலிக்கும் வரை, ஆங்கிலத்தில் ஓவியங்களை வண்ணத்தில் காண்பதை தவிர வேறு வழியில்லை. நீங்கள் குடுத்து வைத்தவர், என்னிடம் இஸ்நோகுட் ஆங்கில பதிப்புகள் எதுவம் இல்லை, Euro Books வெளியிடும் புத்தகங்களை நம்பி நான் காத்திருக்கிறேன்.

உங்கள் புதிய வலைப்பூ வடிவு மாற்றம், மற்றும் பதிவு தொனி அபாரம். என்னை நீங்கள் அங்கு எப்போதும் எதிர்பார்க்கலாம்.


பி.கு.: நண்பரே, நான் என்றும் சாதாரண ரசிகனாகவே இருக்கவே விரும்புகிறேன். தலைவர், அரசர், என்ற பட்டத்தை மற்றவர்களே சொந்தம் கொண்டாடி கொள்ளட்டும். நீங்கள் என்னை எப்போதும் பெயர் சொல்லியே அழைக்கலாம். :)

@ Shankar: அன்பரே, உங்கள் கருத்துகளை எதிர்பார்த்து காத்திருந்தேன். இந்தியாவில் இஸ்நோகுட் தமிழை தவிர வேறு மொழியிலும் வெளியாகி இருப்பது எனக்கும் இந்த பதிவு இடும் வரை அறியா தகவலே. ஒரு பதிவை இட எண்ணி அதை பற்றி மட்டும் சிந்தித்து கொண்டு இணையங்களில் தேடும் போது எவ்வளவோ புதிய விஷயங்களை அறிந்து கொள்கிறோம் என்பதில் எந்த வித சந்தேகமும் இல்லை.

தலைவர்கள் கவிப்பதில் தான் உலகலாவிய விஷயமாயிற்றே.... பிரஞ்சு மக்குள் நம் ஜனங்களிடம் கற்க அதில் நிறைய விஷயங்கள் இன்னும் உள்ளன.

கதாசிரியர் தன் சுற்றி நடக்கும் விஷயங்களை கதைகருவுக்குள் அனாயசமாக சேர்த்திருப்பதிலேயே இஸ்நோகுட்டின் தொடரின் வெற்றி நிதர்சனமாக தெரிகிறது.

தமிழை போல ஆங்கில வெளியீடுகள் இருக்குமோ என்பது சந்தேகமே. கடமைக்கே என்று தான் மொழி பெயர்ப்பார்கள் என்று நம்புகிறேன்... பார்ப்போம்... இன்னும் 1, 2 மாதங்களிள் புத்தகங்கள் கிடைக்கும் என்று எண்ணுகிறேன்.

மே தினத்துடன் தலை கீழ் தினத்தை நீங்கள் ஒப்பிட்டது மிக அருமை. நிதர்சனம் அப்படி இருக்கையில் மாற்று கருத்து கூற என்ன இருக்கிறது :)

பொண்ணான கருத்துக்கு மீண்டும் ஒரு முறை நன்றி.

இப்படி.. பிரிச்சி மேயற அழகுக்காகவே..., வேலை கிடைக்கலின்னா கூட பேசாம இந்தியா கிளம்பி வந்துடலாம் போல இருக்கு. உங்களையும், கிங் விஸ்வாவையும் பார்க்கறதுக்காகவே......!!! :) :) :) :)

Thanks! Sadly, these are not available in Russia. However, 3 are available in English it’s already a good news. I read only one "Murkhata Divas" published by Goversons Comics.

Beautiful coverage on Iznogoud. Thanks.
I was unable to locate some information regarding him last year using google.
I remember him from my childhood days as "An Expensive (and much dream-seeked by me)Comicseries i couldn't afford to buy"
India Book house Created their Comic-Strip "Tantri the Mantri" series for Tinkle following Mr.IS-NO-GOOD (Iznogoud).
Great Article. :)

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