13Le Marsupilami
This series was created by AndrĂ© Franquin and also first appeared in the Spirou magazine. The Marsupilami actually appeared in the Spirou et Fantasio comics before it got its own spin-off series. This black-spotted yellow monkey/cheetah creature lives in the jungle in Palombia (a fictitious South American country). It has an extremely long, flexible, and strong tail which he uses in his daily life. The Marsupilami is known for his catchphrase: Houba! The Marsupilami is always being hunted by hunters looking to capture him since he is the only of his kind (except for his wife and three kids but they donât appear in the stories at first).
14Red Ketchup
Red Ketchup is the most known and one of the most popular French Canadian comic. The series depicts an FBI rogue agent named Steve âRedâ Ketchup. He is albino and starts a very large cocaine dependence after he investigates on Raul Escobar (a caricature of Pablo Escobar). He is very violent and if it werenât for his skills at capturing villains, his bosses would have kicked him out of the FBI a long time ago. If you like action and violence, youâll love this comic.
15Becassine
Becassine is a French comic series and is considered to be the first French comic with a female protagonist. Becassine, a young Breton housemaid, is the main character of this 27 album series. The story chronicles the adventures of this young woman. She helps during the war, she goes to Turkey, she goes skiing, drives a car, becomes a school teacher and sees snow for the first time. This is quite a controversial comic because Becassine can mean âfoolish or stupid girlâ so the people from Brittany are not happy the French have depicted their people this way.
