Herge's Quick and Flupke series is popular on continental western Europe, but, unlike his other two series, has hardly made it out of there. Unlike his other books, the 12 Quick and Flupke albums do not contain a full adventure, but small skits that are around 2 sides long each. They tell the story of two Brussels scamps - Quick and Flupke, and there love/hate relationship with the local policeman - agent 15.
THE HISTORY OF THE SERIES
After the success of Tintin, Herge created a new series in 'Le Petit Vingtieme' - The Exploits of Quick and Flupke. The name 'Quick' was one of Herge's friends sir-names, and 'Flupke' was a combination of 'Flup' and 'Ke', 'Flup' being short for Philip, and 'Ke' being Flemish for little, so Flupke was 'Little Phil'. It started on 23rd January 1930, and ran pretty much weekly till 1935. It continued running less frequentely till 1940 and the cancelation of 'Le Petit Vingtieme'. Herge continued drawing Tintin in Le Soir Jeunesse, but he only did 3 more Quick and Flupke's in it. He would never continue Quick and Flupke, instead focusing on Tintin. In Tintin Magazine, Quick and Flupke did continue as re-runs coloured by Herge's assistants. These coloured versions were later put into the books. Some Quick and Flupke's were however, never coloured.
The 12 Albums
While the books are not necessarily in any order, they are released in one. The original order was a part of 9 books entitled volumes 1 to 6. They were later re-released in a series of 12, named albums:
01. Haute Tension
This book was the only official book under the Herge name not to actually be written by Herge. When, after Herge's death, the Quick and Flupke books were given a new style, Foundation Herge asked Johan de Moor, the son of Bob de Moor, to write a book, which was originally designated as number 12, but later as number 1. The story ideas were put together by Roger Ferrari and it was drawn and written by Johan de Moor, and it was then coloured by Nicole Thenen.
10. Farces et Attrapes
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