Redbeard (comics)
Belgian comic book series
Redbeard (French: Barbe-Rouge) is a series of Belgian comic books, originally published in French, created by writer Jean-Michel Charlier and artist Victor Hubinon in 1959.
After their deaths the series was continued by other writers and artists, including Jijé (Joseph Gillain), Christian Gaty, Patrice Pellerin, Jean Ollivier, Christian Perrissin and Marc Bourgne, Jean-Charles Kraehn and Stefano Carloni.
Publications
The series was very popular in France, Belgium and The Netherlands, but has not yet been published in English. In the late 1970s and the early 1980s, most of the classic episodes were also published in Yugoslavia (in the Serbian) under the name Demon s Kariba (Demon of the Caribbean). In Croatia, the series was first published under the name Crvenobradi but later under the name Riđobradi (in Croatian). In Germany, the series is known under the name Der rote Korsar, and in Denmark 5 albums have been published under the name Rødskæg. In the 1960s (titled Κοκκινογένης) it was a part of the contents of Greek magazine Asterix, by Spanos editions In the 1970s two episodes were published in Finland, under the name Punaparta, and in Portugal five Barba Ruiva albums have been published.
Characters
Redbeard is a pirate of French origin. After a troublesome youth he went roaming the seven seas for gold and fortune on his ship, the Black Falcon. He has gathered a great fortune over the years, most of which was hidden in the Florida Everglades.
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