Spike and Suzy | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | De Nieuwe Standaard Tintin magazine |
Publication date | 1946– |
No. of issues | 270+ |
Main character(s) | Spike Suzy Aunt Sidonia Ambrose Jerome |
Creative team | |
Created by | Willy Vandersteen |
Written by | Willy Vandersteen Paul Geerts |
Artist(s) | Willy Vandersteen Paul Geerts |
Spike and Suzy (British title), Willy and Wanda (American title) or Luke and Lucy (in a 2009 film and video game) (Dutch: Suske en Wiske, French: Bob et Bobette) is a Belgian comics series created by the comics author Willy Vandersteen.
It was first published in De Nieuwe Standaard in 1945 and soon became popular. Although not in its earlier form, the strip adapted to the Ligne claire style, pioneered by Hergé. This change took place when the strip became serialised in Hergé's Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tintin from 1948 to 1959.
The books revolve around the adventures of the eponymous Spike and Suzy, two children (pre-adolescent or adolescent depending on the album), along with their friends and family. The stories combine elements of comedy, fantasy, and science fiction, such as talking animals, time travel and ghosts. The strip still runs daily in the Belgian newspaper De Standaard, and new books continue to be published; as of May 2020, 382 albums have been published.