Editing Superdupont

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[[Image:Superdupont.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Superdupont, with a [[Gallic rooster]], in a position spoofing a classic Superman pose]]
'''''Superdupont''''' is a French [[comic strip]] created in 1972 by [[Gotlib|Marcel Gotlib]] and [[Jacques Lob]]. It is a spoof of American super-hero comics that sends up French national attitudes.

==Publication history==
''Superdupont'' was initially published in the [[Franco-Belgian comics]] magazine ''[[Pilote]]'' from September 21, 1972<ref name=BDO-p>{{cite web|last=BDoubliées|title=Pilote année 1972|url=http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/annees/1972.htm|language=fr}}</ref> and moved to Gotlib's own magazine ''[[Fluide Glacial]]'' in 1975.

The series, published irregularly through the decades, was originally written by Lob and Gotlib (who teamed up after finding out they had both had the same idea independently) and drawn by Gotlib. Gotlib passed on the art duties to [[Alexis (comics)|Alexis]], who was succeeded after his 1977 death by Jean Solé.  Episodes have been drawn by [[Daniel Goossens]], Al Coutelis, [[François Bouck]], Gotlib again and [[Neal Adams]]. After Lob died in 1990, the series was written again by Gotlib with co-writers [[Lefred-Thouron]], Bouck,  then Belkrouf.  No Superdupont comics have been made since Gotlib's death in 2016.

==The character==
Superdupont is the son of the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier|Unknown Soldier]] buried under the [[Arc de Triomphe]]. He is caricaturally chauvinistic and gifted with superpowers that help him to defend his country against a secret terrorist organisation called "Anti-France".

Anti-France agents are all foreigners and thus speak the [[fictional language]] "Anti-Français", a mishmash of English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and German.

The physical appearance of Superdupont is a superhero version of a caricatural Frenchman (specially, as seen by the [[Anglophone]] world): he wears a [[beret]], a striped jersey, slippers, a tricolour belt held by a [[safety pin]], a long blue cape. He also supports [[economic patriotism]], as he smokes [[Gauloises]] cigarettes, drinks red [[wine]], eats [[French cheese]] and refuses to be painted using China ink.

Like Superman, Superdupont is able to fly but seems less superpowered than Superman. Superdupont is a master at [[savate]] also known as boxe française ("French boxing"), which gives some superiority over his opponents.

==Publications==
*Tome 1 : ''Superdupont'' (by [[Jacques Lob]], [[Gotlib]] and [[Alexis (comics)|Alexis]])
*Tome 2 : ''Amour et forfaiture'' (by Jacques Lob, Gotlib and [[Jean Solé|Solé]])
*Tome 3 : ''Opération Camembert'' (by Jacques Lob, Gotlib and Solé)
*Tome 4 : ''Oui nide Iou'' (by Jacques Lob, Gotlib, Alexis, Solé, [[Daniel Goossens]], [[Neal Adams]] and [[Coutelis]])
*Tome 5 : ''Les âmes noires'' (by Jacques Lob, Gotlib, Alexis, Solé)
*Tome 6 : ''Superdupont pourchasse l'ignoble'' (by Marcel Gotlib, [[:fr:Lefred Thouron|Lefred-Thouron]], Solé)

== See also ==
* [[Superlópez]] (Spanish counterpart)

==Sources==
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* [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/series5/superdupont.htm ''Superdupont'' publications in ''Pilote''] and [http://bdoubliees.com/fluideglacial/series5/superdupont.htm ''Fluide Glacial''] BDoubliées {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/serie-1874-BD-SuperDupont.html ''Superdupont'' albums] Bedethque {{in lang|fr}}
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[[Category:Comic strip superheroes]]
[[Category:Satirical comics]]
[[Category:Political satire comics]]
[[Category:Parody comics]]
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[[Category:Parodies of Superman]]
[[Category:French political satire]]
[[Category:Comics set in France]]