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Pilote (), for a while subtitled the magazine of Asterix and Obelix (French: Le Journal D’Astérix et D’Obélix ) was a French comics magazine published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major French or Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as Astérix, Barbe-Rouge, Blueberry, Achille Talon, and Valérian et Laureline. Major comics writers like René Goscinny, Jean-Michel Charlier, Greg, Pierre Christin and Jacques Lob were featured in the magazine, as were artists such as Jijé, Morris, Albert Uderzo, Jean (Mœbius) Giraud, Enki Bilal, Jean-Claude Mézièr

Key facts

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Pilote 0.jpg
Magazine.image_caption
Cover of the first Pilote issue #0
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French comics magazine
Magazine.company
Dargaud (1960–1989)
Magazine.country
France
Magazine.language
French
Magazine.issn
0999-9728

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
comic book
Motto
Le Journal qui s'amuse à réfléchir
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title
Pilote
start of work period
1959-10-00
end time
1989-10-00
inception
1959-01-01
language of work or name
French
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1989-00-00
Commons category
Pilote
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Difficulties
  • Main authors and series
  • Circulation
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Pilote (), for a while subtitled the magazine of Asterix and Obelix (French: Le Journal D’Astérix et D’Obélix ) was a French comics magazine published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major French or Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as Astérix, Barbe-Rouge, Blueberry, Achille Talon, and Valérian et Laureline. Major comics writers like René Goscinny, Jean-Michel Charlier, Greg, Pierre Christin and Jacques Lob were featured in the magazine, as were artists such as Jijé, Morris, Albert Uderzo, Jean (Mœbius) Giraud, Enki Bilal, Jean-Claude Mézières, Jacques Tardi, Philippe Druillet, Marcel Gotlib, Alexis, and Annie Goetzinger.

Pilote also published several international talents such as Hugo Pratt, Frank Bellamy and Robert Crumb.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pilote” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.