Cédric (comics)


Cedric is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Raoul Cauvin, illustrated by :fr:Laudec|Laudec and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English.
The adventures of a young rascal, his family and his school. A hero close to the hearts of all children, funny yet tender at the same time. It is hard, very hard to be a little boy... between the mistress, the school shrink, nosy parents, rowdy pals, an odious niece, and a temperamental girl friend, Cédric finds it hard to keep his tranquillity. For the better part of it, granddad is always at hand, be it when badly hit or to hit badly. This children's new star is already a classic family comic which appeals with pleasure to all audiences.
Since 1989, 23 albums have been published by Dupuis. Cédric is one of the most popular French language comics according to the list of best selling new comics of the ACBD, with e.g. in 2006 alone 288,900 albums, putting Cédric at the fourth spot. By 2008, Cédric had dropped to the 8th position, still selling 273,000 copies that year. A series of animated cartoons based on the comic have been produced as well.

Characters

  1. Premieres classes 02/1989
  2. Classes de neige 08/1989
  3. Classe tous risques 05/1990
  4. Papa a de la classe 03/1991
  5. Quelle mouche le pique ? 02/1992
  6. Chaud et froid 01/1993
  7. Pépé se mouille 03/1994
  8. Comme sur des roulettes 11/1994
  9. Parasite sur canapé 10/1995
  10. Gâteau-surprise 11/1996
  11. Cygne d'étang 08/1997
  12. Terrain minets 08/1998
  13. Papa, je veux un cheval ! 08/1999
  14. Au pied, j'ai dit ! 07/2000
  15. Avis de tempête 07/2001
  16. Où sont les freins ? 04/2002
  17. Qui a éteint la lumière ? 11/2002
  18. Enfin seuls ! 11/2003
  19. On se calme ! 11/2004
  20. J'ai fini ! 11/2005
  21. On rêvasse? 11/2006
  22. Elle est moche ! 03/2008
  23. Je veux l'épouser ! 03/2009
  24. J'ai gagné ! 03/2010
  25. Qu'est-ce qu'il a ?
  26. Graine de star
  27. C'est quand qu'on part ?
  28. Faux départ !
  29. Un look d'enfer !
  30. Silence, je tourne !

    English translations

has started publishing Cedric since 2008. Five albums have been released so far:
  1. High-Risk Class - Sep 2008
  2. Dad's Got Class - Sep 2009
  3. What Got Into Him? - May 2011
  4. Hot And Cold
  5. Grandpa Dives In

    Cartoon series

In 2001, French TV channel Canal J started broadcasting the animated series based loosely on the comics. The same series started twenty days later on France 3 as well, and reissued in 2011 on France 5 in Zouzous. Until now, 104 episodes of 13 minutes each have been made, with 52 more to come. 12 DVDs have been produced so far.
In 2005, PorchLight Entertainment dubbed the series in American voices and released them to DVD through Genius Entertainment. Cedric was aired in
Tamil language on Chutti TV & in Malayalam language on Kochu TV. in Canada was aired in Teletoon from January 8, 2002 to December 23, 2010, but the German version was aired on Super RTL as part of Toggo, dan after Marsupilami or Totally Spies!, from November 3, 2002 to December 23, 2013.

Cartoons

From 2002 on, a series of 23 books about Cédric have appeared in French in the Bibliothèque rose.