{{Short description|Belgian comic book publisher}} {{Infobox publisher | image = Le Lombard logo (2010).svg | parent = Média-Participations (1986–present) | founded = {{start date and age|1946}} | status = | founder = Raymond Leblanc<br />André Sinave | distribution = Belgium, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada | topics = | genre = Comic albums and magazines | country = Belgium | headquarters = Belgium | url = {{URL|https://www.lelombard.com/}} | imprints = }}
'''Le Lombard''' ({{IPA|fr|lə lɔ̃baʁ|lang}}), known as '''Les Éditions du Lombard''' ({{IPA|fr|lez‿edisjɔ̃ dy lɔ̃baʁ|}}) until 1989, is a Belgian comic book publisher established in 1946 when ''Tintin'' magazine was launched. Le Lombard became part of Média-Participations since 1986, alongside publishers Dargaud and Dupuis, with each entity maintaining its editorial independence.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 October 2023 |title=LE ROMBARD |url=https://www.stripinfo.be/uitgever/index/14_Le_Lombard |url-status= |access-date= |work=stripinfo.be |language=nl}}</ref>
== History == Les Éditions du Lombard was established by Raymond Leblanc and his partners on September 26, 1946. Wanting to create an illustrated youth magazine, they decided that the already well-known ''Tintin'' would be the perfect hero. Business partner André Sinave went to see Tintin creator Hergé to propose creating the magazine. Hergé, who had worked for ''Le Soir'' during the war, was being prosecuted for having collaborated with the Germans and did not have a publisher at the time.<ref name=Leblanc>{{cite journal |first=Toon |last=Horsten |date=December 2006 |title=De 9 levens van Raymond Leblanc |language=nl|journal=Stripgids |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=10–19}}</ref> After consulting with his friend Edgar Pierre Jacobs, Hergé agreed. The first issue of ''Tintin'' magazine was published on 26 September 1946.<ref name=lambiek-tintinmag>{{Cite web|last=Lambiek Comiclopedia|title=''Tintin'' comic magazine|url=http://lambiek.net/magazines/tintin.htm}}</ref> Simultaneously, a Dutch version was also published, entitled ''Kuifje'' (Kuifje being the name of Tintin in Dutch). 40,000 copies were printed in French, and 20,000 in Dutch.<ref name=Leblanc/>
In 1986, Le Lombard was acquired by Média-Participations, and today publishes around one hundred titles annually. More recently, in 2015, Le Lombard joined with twelve other European comics publishing actors to create Europe Comics, a digital initiative co-funded by the European Commission's Creative Europe program.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/projects/ce-project-details-page/?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/0ca16b86-fd6c-46e0-a07e-92cea6d757c9 |title=Creative Europe Project Results: Europe Comics |publisher=Creative Europe |access-date=3 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303201915/http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/projects/ce-project-details-page/?nodeRef=workspace%3A%2F%2FSpacesStore%2F0ca16b86-fd6c-46e0-a07e-92cea6d757c9 |archive-date=3 March 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} </ref>
==Notable titles== ===Comics series=== This is a selected list of comics series, ordered by year of first publication by Le Lombard, with main authors given. A few series were also continued or temporarily taken over by other artists and writers.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Le Lombard, een familiezaak |url=https://www.visit.brussels/nl/bezoekers/agenda/event-detail.Le-Lombard-een-familiezaak.50000465 |url-status= |access-date=12 October 2023 |work=visit.brussels |language=nl}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=60em}} *1946: ''Tintin'' magazine *1946: ''Blake and Mortimer'' by Edgar P. Jacobs *1946: ''Corentin'' by Paul Cuvelier *1953: ''Chick Bill'' by Tibet *1954: ''Chlorophylle'' by Raymond Macherot *1955: ''Ric Hochet'' by Tibet and André-Paul Duchâteau *1955: ''Modeste et Pompon'' by André Franquin *1956: ''Barelli'' by Bob de Moor *1957: ''Dan Cooper'' by Albert Weinberg *1958: ''Oumpah-pah'' by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny *1959: ''Clifton'' by Raymond Macherot *1959: ''Michel Vaillant'' by Jean Graton *1959: ''Redbeard'' by Jean-Michel Charlier and Victor Hubinon *1959: ''Bob Morane'' by Henri Vernes and Dino Attanasio *1961: ''Tanguy et Laverdure'' by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo *1963: ''Blueberry'' by Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud *1966: ''Bernard Prince'' by Greg and Hermann Huppen *1966: ''Iznogoud'' by René Goscinny and Jean Tabary *1966: ''Achille Talon'' by Greg *1967: ''Luc Orient'' by Greg and Eddy Paape *1968: ''Cubitus'' by Dupa *1969: ''Bruno Brazil'' by Greg *1972: ''Buddy Longway'' by Derib *1975: ''Léonard'' by Philippe Liégeois and Bob de Groot *1976: ''Simon du Fleuve'' by Claude Auclair *1977: ''Thorgal'' by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński *1980: ''Hans'' by André-Paul Duchâteau and Grzegorz Rosiński, Zbigniew Kasprzak *1985: ''Adler'' by René Sterne *1985: ''Alpha'' by Pascal Renard and Youri Jigounov *From 1990: ''The Smurfs'' by Peyo *From 1993: ''Benoît Brisefer'' by Peyo *1996: ''Odilon Verjus'' by Yann Le Pennetier and Laurent Verron *1997: ''L'Élève Ducobu'' by Zidrou and Godi *1999: ''IR$'' by Stephen Desberg and Bernard Vrancken *From 1999: ''Yakari'' by Job and Derib *2001: ''Western'' by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosinski *2001: ''Lait entier'' by Stephen Desberg and Johan De Moor {{div col end}}
===Books=== *2010: ''Crusade'' by writer Jean Dufaux and artist Philippe Xavier. Published in Britain by Cinebook *2010: ''Angry Birds Stella''
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.lelombard.com/] Company website in French.
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