Quick & Flupke in le Petit Vingtieme

As I mentioned in my May 17 post regarding the origins of Tintin, Hergé published Tintin in a newspaper supplement called le Petit Vingtieme.  As Tintin became more successful, Hergé created other characters and the little magazine expanded.  Starting in January 1930, two characters by the name of Quick and Flupke showed up in the pages of the magazine, stirring up trouble and being mischievous.

This issue is from March, 1930 and has Quick trying to cook up a chocolate and caramel treat.  It doesn't go well!  You don't need to speak French to get the gist of what is going on here...but if you do it's certainly good for a laugh.  If I am not mistaken, at the end he says (in my loose translation...based on my marginal French), "At the end of the day, these recipes are inedible once executed!"

Quick and Flupke went on to many more adventures but never saw the success that Tintin had.  Nevertheless it remains a fun addition to the universe of Hergé.

Until next time....