Furax and Malvina
by Henry Blanc
This time, Furax and his girl-friend,
the beautiful Malvina, came out of retirement
to fight on the side of good and thwart the nefarious schemes of the evil sect of the Babus, led by the diabolical Klakmuf.
Furax's allies included a colorful gallery
of characters, such as Police Commissioner Socrate,
his old enemies and now friends private investigators Black and White, former
hitman Asti Spumante, genial scientist
Hardy-Petit, his daughter Carole and son-in-law Théo Courant, gang leader Maurice Champot,
aka La Grammaire, and even the president of the far-off planet Asterix, Clodomir.
All of the Signé Furax stories (except Son of Furax)
are now available in CD audio collections. Order on amazon.fr. (Search for FURAX.)
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The Novelizations
A second series of novelizations, this time penned by writer Henri Marc, adapted the Signé Furax radio scripts, and were published by Jean-Claude Lattès in the 1970s. First, Lattès published four standard-size paperbacks, then three arger-size trade paperbacks:
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The Motion Picture |
A SIGNÉ FURAX puppet show series
of 104 5-minute episodes is currently being developed
by LES ARMATEURS, CARRERE and CANAL +.
Pierre Dac (pseudonym of André Isaac) (1893-1975) was a renowned French humorist who started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1922 and created and edited the famous humor magazine L'Os à Moelle from 1938 to 1940 (the magazine lasted until 1964). Forced to flee France during World War II, Dac found himself talking to he Free French on the BBC. After World War II, he continued his radio career in addition to writing and performing. Another of his radio serial creations was Bons Baisers de Partout [From Everywhere With Love] (co-created with Louis Rognoni), a madcap James Bond satire featuring the adventures of Nicolas Leroidec, anvil salesman and French intelligence ace. All the characters sported punnish names: Hubert de Guerlasse, l'Adjudant Tifrisse, etc. Some of the stories involved science fiction elements, such as the one where two French agents were sent a year back in time. |
Francis Blanche (1921-1974) was a renowned French actor and humorist. His film career includes dozens of movies, including Les Belles Bacchantes (1954), La Jument Verte (1959), La Vendetta (1962), Les Tontons Flingueurs (1963), Les Barbouzes (1964), Les Gros Bras (1964) , etc. He was also known during the 1960s as a radio personality who developed a very popular Sunday morning show (entitled "Kangaroos Are Boneless" in 1965) during which he made telephone calls pretending to be the obnoxiously stupid Mr. Macheprot and purposefully designed to drive some hapless victim crazy. |