Titeuf

Titeuf (known sometimes as Tootuff in English) is a Swiss comic series created by Zep in 1992, which was adapted into a 2001 animated TV series[1][2] and a 2011 film of the same name.[3] It also appears in the dedicated Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tchô!.

For the film based on the comic, see Titeuf (film).
Titeuf
Official logo
Author(s)Zep
Current status/scheduleCurrent daily strip
Launch date1992 (1992)
Alternate name(s)"Tootuff" (English Dandy strips)
Publisher(s)fanzine
Glénat
The Dandy (The UK)
Genre(s)Humor

Publication history

Titeuf was initially published in the fanzine Sauve qui peut ("Run for your lives") and noticed by Glénat executive Jean-Claude Camano.[4] Zep joined Glénat in 1992 and Titeuf eventually became one of France's most popular comics.[5] The first Titeuf book Dieu, le sexe et les bretelles (God, Sex And Suspenders) appeared in 1993 and sold only a few thousand copies, but the subsequent books gradually won over a colossal readership, and the series is now considered the greatest moneymaker in the French comics market.[6] The series was adapted into an Italian-French animated TV series in 2001, initially broadcast on Canal J.[7] By 2008, Titeuf was the comic series with by far the largest publication in France, with over 1.8 million copies per year, three times the number of the second most popular series, with it being translated to various languages such as Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Chinese, among others.

Characters
  • Titeuf: the main character. He is an 11-year-old boy with a blonde cowlick. His best friend is Manu.
  • Roger: Titeuf's father. He is 35 years old.
  • Anne-Mathilde: Titeuf's mother. She is 33 years old. She wears a black turtleneck and a pair of tan pants.
  • Zizie: Titeuf's 1-year-old little sister. She first appears in the seventh book.
  • Aunt Monica: Titeuf's aunt. She is a blonde-haired woman, and she first appears in the second book.
  • Julie: Titeuf's redheaded cousin. She first appears in the fourth book.

English history

Translated as Tootuff, it appeared for a short while during 2005 in The Dandy comic in the UK. The animated series was dubbed into English aired on GMTV's Toonattik in the UK, UPN in the US, Razer in Canada, and ABC3 in Australia.

Bibliography
  1. Dieu, le sexe et les bretelles (God, sex and Suspenders), 1993
  2. L'Amour, c'est pô propre... (Love isn't clean), 1993
  3. Ça épate les filles... (It impresses the girls), 1994
  4. C'est pô juste... (It's unfair), 1995
  5. Titeuf et le derrière des choses (The rear side of things), 1996
  6. Tchô, monde cruel (Bye, cruel world), 1997
  7. Le miracle de la vie (The miracle of life), 1998
  8. Lâchez-moi le slip ! (Get off my case!), 2000
  9. La loi du préau (The law of the playground), 2002
  10. Nadia se marie, (Nadia's wedding), 2004
  11. Mes meilleurs copains (My best friends), 2006
  12. Le sens de la vie (The meaning of life), 2008
  13. À la folie (Folly !), 2012
  14. Bienvenue en adolescence (Welcome to adolescence), 2015
  15. À fond le slip ! (In the panties), 2017
  16. Petite poésie des saisons (Little poetry of the seasons), 2019

There was also a book entitled "Le Guide du zizi sexual",[8] a sex ed book based on the franchise published by Glénat editions, was released in 2001. It is a short guide with educational and humorous vocation, intended to answer the questions posed by pre-teens about love and sex

Films
  1. Titeuf, le film, 2011

In early 2012 MoonScoop Group planned to make a sequel to the film but never did due to them going defunct.

Video Games
  1. Titeuf, the game (Game Boy Color) (2001)
  2. Titeuf: Ze Gag Machine (Game Boy Advance) (2002)
  3. Titeuf: Mega Competition (Game Boy Advance/PlayStation 2/PC) (2004)
  4. Titeuf: Mission Nadia (Nintendo DS ) (2005)
  5. Le Monde de Titeuf (Nintendo DS) (2007)
  6. Finding Nadia (Nintendo DS) (2007)
  7. Titeuf Mégafunland (Nintendo DS) (2008)
  8. Nadia Mégafunland (Nintendo DS) (2008)
  9. Titeuf, the film (Nintendo DS/Wii/PC) (2011)
  10. Titeuf: Mega Party (PlayStation 4/Nintendo Switch/Xbox One/Microsoft Windows/Mac OS) (2019)

Board Games

Two Titeuf board games "The Overmégamortel game" and "Sexual Zizi, the game" were released in 2008.

Sources
Footnotes
  1. "Titeuf". imdb.
  2. "Titeuf". Planète Jeunesse.
  3. "Titeuf, le film". imdb.
  4. TV5Monde. "Émission du 22 mars" (in French).
  5. Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Zep".
  6. Castrillón, Marcos. "Beyond Borders - Not That Innocent". Ninth Art.
  7. CanalSat. "Titeuf" (in French).
  8. https://www.amazon.com/guide-zizi-sexuel-Titeuf/dp/B00N6HR8PY
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