DAAN JIPPES / DANIER (Daniël Jan Jippes) - born 1945 - The Netherlands YANN (Yannick le Pennetier) - born 1954 - France Spirou et Fantasio / Robbedoes en Kwabbernoot (5 page story) Page 4 - Ink on paper - 54x42 cm - 2007 First publication in French magazine 'Casemate' 4/2008, publication in Belgian/Dutch magazine 'Brabant Strip' 2010.
Daan Jippes said ... Observing the weekly Spirous impending 70th birthday one day last September gave me an idea for a shirt Spirou story; a story where he and Fantasia reminisce , from a 1957 perspective on their first years with a young artist named Andre Franquin. A story executed in three different Franquin-stylistic renditions, from 1946, ’51 and ’ 57. The idea appealed to Spirou’s editor in chief, who assigned me Etienne Gilfillan as editor. Who, in turn, asked Yann to assist. Yann showed a differently flavoured take on my script, which –politically savvy, I believed- would have been unwise for me to ignore. I incorporated his ideas the best I could, ending up with a longer story that I felt I had to pare down. I had a deal for 5 pages, at twelve panels a page. Still, a pleasing story. Editor in chief adored it. I got paid. A corporate itch then shrugged off the editor in chief, to replace him with… another editor in chief. Who, surprise, surprise, dismissed everything the former one believed in. Exit my story. Apparently Yann got really miffed. My guess is he contacted Casemate, a glossy monthly specialized in reporting about BD in France. Something like BoDoi. Casemate requested permission from Dupuis to run my story, but was only granted that for two pages out of the five. Yann selected page 1A, 4A and B, and 5B. Let me tell you, the ‘story‘ in this arrangement doesn’t make any sense. On top of which they spelled my AKA like Banier. Debacle complet! The translation from my English is Etienne’s, not Yann’s. The two pages you show here are lifted from Casemate nr 4, the may issue.
Ger Apeldoorn said ... Daan showed the five page version around to some people here in Holland and stylisticly it was really something else. I am glad to see the two page version pop up in Casemat, a new French magazine for two of the editors of BoDoï. I actually think it is slightly better than the five page version, because that really was a strange mixture of two writer's ideas. I would have preferred Daan's own... (source: http://sekvenskonst.blogspot.nl/2008/06/spirou-by-danier.html )
Excellent ! Enfin un dessin digne des grandes heures du Journal de Spirou ! Mais pourquoi Daan Jippes ne reprend-il pas " SPIROU et FANTASIO " ou " GIL JOURDAN " ?
