Arthur le fantôme justicier

Arthur
Publication information
Publisher	Editiona Vaillant
First appearance	Vaillant #451 (1954).
Created by	Jean Cézard
In-story information
Alter ego	??
Species	Ghost
Abilities	flight, selectively immaterial (can go through walls and objects at will)

Arthur le fantôme justicier ("Arthur the Ghost of Justice") was a French comic strip, created, written and drawn by Jean Cézard. It was first published in Vaillant #449 from December 20, 1953. The author drew the comic strip for the Pif Gadget magazine until he died in 1977.

The comic strip is about a ghost who fights crime and who can travel through time. It can be categorized as a humoristic comic strip.

The minimalism of the shapes was in strong contrast with the detailed and carefully consistent backgrounds and story. This is the first sketched comic strip of the author, and after it, he gave up on his realist artwork and created a few more comic strips: Les Rigolus et les Tristus, Surplouf le petit corsaire etc.

Return to comics

Between 1982 and 1988, new adventures were published, by the artist Mircea Arapu.

External links

• [1]
• Mircea Arapu's page on BDOubliées.com
• Pif Gadget - an interview with Mircea Arapu in connexionpif
• Miguel Dao