Controversy: why Gaston Lagaffe finds himself in court this Monday

Lagaffe at the helm!

For the first time since the beginning of what can be called “The Gaston affair”, which began on March 17, the protagonists are meeting this Monday, May 16 before the Brussels court.

A hearing which follows the summary procedure introduced by Isabelle Franquin, daughter of the late Belgian designer, to ban any promotion and pre-publication of a new album by the hero in sneakers, wanted and announced by Dupuis editions.

In the background of this legal battle, a question: do we have the right to resurrect Lagaffe, 25 years after the death of its creator, when he opposed it several times?

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