The best Franco-Belgian comics of all time
The top 3 according to 17 votes from people: The Adventures of Tintin · Asterix · Blacksad. (Updated Sep 19, 2026.)
The series and albums that top readers' rankings (Bedetheque's Indispensables, Babelio) and critics' selections, from the ligne claire to the graphic novel.
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Top 22
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1
The Adventures of Tintin
Hergé, 1929–1976. The quiffed reporter and Snowy; with Astérix, the best-known Franco-Belgian comic in the world.
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Asterix
Goscinny and Uderzo, 1959–. The little Gaulish village that resists the invader; over 380 million albums sold.
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3
Blacksad
Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, 2000–. A cat detective in 1950s America; top of a readers' participatory ranking.
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4
Gomer Goof (Gaston)
André Franquin, 1957–. The office bungler at the Spirou magazine.
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5
Blake and Mortimer — The Yellow 'M'
Edgar P. Jacobs, 1953–1954. For many the masterpiece of the ligne claire, set in a threatened London.
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Lucky Luke
Morris, later with Goscinny, 1946–. The cowboy who shoots faster than his shadow, and the Daltons.
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Spirou & Fantasio
Franquin, Fournier, Tome & Janry and others, 1938–. The bellboy and the Marsupilami; 'QRN sur Bretzelburg' remains a cult album.
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8
Blueberry
Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud, 1963–. The realistic western by the future Moebius.
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The Incal
Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius, 1980–1988. John Difool and a cosmic stone; comics' great space opera.
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De Cape et de Crocs
Alain Ayroles and Jean-Luc Masbou, 1995–. A fox and a wolf speaking in alexandrines, between Cyrano and Molière.
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The Passengers of the Wind
François Bourgeon, 1979–. Isa and the slave trade in the 18th century.
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12
Lanfeust of Troy
Christophe Arleston and Didier Tarquin, 1994–. A blacksmith's apprentice with the power to melt metal.
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13
The Arab of the Future
Riad Sattouf, 2014–2022. His childhood between Libya, Syria and Brittany; six volumes and a best-seller.
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14
The Bluecoats
Raoul Cauvin, Salvérius and Lambil, 1968–. Blutch and Chesterfield in the American Civil War.
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15
Largo Winch
Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Francq, 1990–. An orphan inherits a financial empire.
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XIII
Jean Van Hamme and William Vance, 1984–. An amnesiac tattooed with the number XIII and a presidential conspiracy.
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Thorgal
Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński, 1977–. A child of the stars among the Vikings.
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The Smurfs
Peyo, 1958–. The little blue creatures born in Johan and Peewit.
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Valérian and Laureline
Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières, 1967–2010. Space-time agents; an acknowledged influence on Star Wars.
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Jacques Tardi, 1976–. A novelist and monsters in Belle Époque Paris.
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The Dark Cities
Series by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters (since 1983), imaginary architectures and fantastic cities.
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Titeuf
Zep series (since 1993) about a boy with blond hair who discovers the world of adults.
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23
The Cat
Character of Philippe Geluck born in 1983 in Le Soir, king of the absurd and puns.
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The Bidochon
Series by Christian Binet (1977) about an average French couple, satire of everyday life.
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25
The Transperceneige
Comic strip by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette (1982), a train that runs endlessly on a frozen Earth.
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26
Ball and Bill
Series by Jean Roba (1959) about a little boy and his cocker spaniel, first published in Spirou.
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Le Petit Spirou
Series by Tome et Janry (1987) on the childhood of Spirou's hero.
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28
The Quest for the Time Bird
Serge Le Tendre and Régis Loisel, 1983–. Pélisse, Bragon and the conch of Ramor; a fantasy classic.
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Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi, 2000–2003. A childhood in revolutionary Iran, in black and white.
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