Sophie (comics)

Sophie is a Belgian comics series, originally written by Vicq and co-written and drawn by Jidéhem. It follows the adventures of a young girl and was prepublished in Spirou between 1965 and 1994. The series was notable for being the first comic strip series in Spirou with a female character as its leading character.

History
Sophie was originally a side character in Jidéhem's Starter, which was a column dedicated to automobiles in Spirou. Starter featured the adventures of a young mechanic, Starter, and a young female companion named Sophie. When readers showed more interest in Sophie than in Starter she received her own spin-off.

Concept
Sophie is a young black-haired, pig-tailed girl who is the daughter of electrotechnician Mr. Karapolie. She was named after Jidéhem's own daughter. They both live in a villa in a quiet neighborhood outside the city, where they are aided by a butler, Joseph. Sophie has three friends, Starter and Pipette, who work as mechanics and Petit Bernard, a little boy who is two years younger than her and far more cowardly. Pipette furthermore owns a black car, Zoë, with a sentient mind. Many storylines revolve around criminals who want to steal the inventions of Sophie's father.

Albums

 * L' Oeuf de Karamazout (1968)
 * La Bulle de Silence (1968)
 * Les Bonheurs de Sophie (1st series) (1969)
 * Qui fait peur à Zoè? (1970)
 * Sophie et le Rayon Kâ (1971)
 * La Maison d'en face (1972)
 * Sophie et le Cube qui parle (1972)
 * Les Bonheurs de Sophie (2nd series) (1973)
 * La Tiare de Matlotl Halatomal (1974)
 * Sophie et le Douanier Rousseau (1976)
 * Cette Sacrée Sophie (1977)
 * Les Quatre Saisons (1978)
 * Sophie et l'Inspecteur Céleste (1979)
 * Sophie et Donald Mac Donald (1980)
 * Rétro Sophie (1981)
 * Sophie et Cie (1984)
 * Don Giovanni (1990)
 * L'Odyssée du U 522 (1991)
 * Le Tombeau des Glyphes (1995)