Spirou (comics)

Spirou
Spirou as drawn by Robert Velter in the late 1930s
Publication information
PublisherDupuis (Belgium)
First appearanceSpirou #1
(April 24th, 1938)
Created byRobert Velter
In-story information
Alter egoLe Petit Spirou
Team affiliationsStaff of Journal de Spirou, Fantasio, Spip, Marsupilami, Gaston Lagaffe

Spirou (Walloon pronunciation: [spiˈʀu], Walloon pronunciation: [spiˈʀøː]; French: [spiʁu]; Walloon for "squirrel", "mischievous"; Dutch: Robbedoes) is a Belgian comic strip character and protagonist in the comic strip series Spirou & Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou, and the eponymous character of the Belgian comic strip magazine Spirou.