author le bureau des gaffes en gros
___MASK84___ ( 3 January 1924  5 January 1997 ) was an influential Belgian comics artist , whose best known creations are " Gaston " and " Marsupilami ". He also produced the " Spirou et Fantasio " comic strip from 1947 to 1969 , a period seen by many as the series ' golden age . Spirou et Fantasio is ___MASK43___ of the most popular classic Franco - Belgian comics . The series , which has been running since 1938 , shares many characteristics with other European humorous adventure comics like " The Adventures of Tintin " and " Asterix ". It has been written and drawn by a succession of artists . Le bureau des gaffes en gros , written and drawn by Franquin and ___MASK52___ , is an album of the original Gaston Lagaffe series , numbered R2 . It is made up of 52 pages and was published by Dupuis . It consists of a series of one - strip gags . Jean De Mesmaeker ( born 21 December 1935 ) known by the pseudonym ___MASK52___ , is a Belgian comics artist in the Marcinelle school tradition . He was best known for his series featuring a cute , playful and adventurous young girl , " Sophie ". A creator of his own series " Sophie ", and " Ginger ", and noted for his work with " Starter " and " Uhu - man ", he is known for his collaborations and assistance to the work of ___MASK84___ during a long career at the Franco - Belgian comics magazine " Spirou ", working on " Spirou et Fantasio " and " Gaston Lagaffe ", on which he shared co - authorship for several years . The term " Marcinelle school " or " Charleroi school " (" École de Charleroi ") refers to a group of Belgian cartoonists formed by Joseph Gillain ( known as Jijé ) following World War II . (" Bande à quatre ", " Gang of four ", also consisting of Franquin , ___MASK62___ and Will .) Marcinelle school cartoonists were all associated with the weekly magazine , " Spirou ", whose offices in the 1940s were located in the town of Marcinelle , near Charleroi in Belgium .