Le Génie des alpages

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Le Génie des alpages is a French humoristic comic book series by F'Murr. The series first appeared in Pilote magazine on January 11, 1973.^[1] In 1976 Les Éditions Dargaud started publication of hardcover albums.

Synopsis

The short stories are usually told in one-page segments, and unpredictably follow the lives of the series' cast. This includes the old nameless shepherd, his successor, the young Athanase Percevalve, the Dog Without a Name (an intellectual talking shepherd's dog), and a flock of eccentric, verbal sheep, led by Romuald the black ram. Other unorthodox characters appear, such as the Berthold the stupid St. Bernhard, Kattarsis the petite self-conscious sphinx, a lion, a fox, eagles, snakes, and "Death" in the shape of an attractive woman. Some of these recur frequently.

There is usually no apparent plot in any of these stories from the Swiss Alps. ^[2] Instead, they often consist of different dialogues and simultaneous happenings, making the overall impression of a totally absurd and secluded world. Nevertheless, F'murr always manages to maintain a kind of direction and realism in his otherwise pointless universe, and somewhere in between is the humour that his fans find hilarious but inexplicable.^[3]

Bibliography

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Le Génie des Alpages No.1 (1976)

Le Génie des alpages (Genius of the Mountain Pastures) (1976, )
Comme des bêtes (Like the Beasts) (1976, )
Barre-toi de mon herbe (Keep off My Grass) (1977, )
Un grand silence Frisé (A Big Woolly Silence) (1978, )
Les Intondables (The Unshaveables) (1980, )
Hi-Yo c'est l'écho (Hey-Ho It's the Echo) (1981, )
Tonnerre & mille sabots (Thunder & Thousand Hooves) (1983, )
Dans les nuages (In the Clouds) (1987, )
Après nous le déluge (After Us, the Flood) (1989, )
Monter, descendre, ça glisse pareil (Climbing, Descending, Slipping Anyway) (1992, )
Sabotage et paturage (Sabotage and Pastures) (1995, )
Bouge tranquille (Quiet Budge) (1998, )
Cheptel maudit (Cursed Livestock) (2004, )
... Courent dans la montagne (... Run in the mountain) (2007, )