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Les Krostons is a series of Franco-Belgian comics created in 1968 by Paul Deliège. It premiered in issue number 1589 of Spirou, a magazine published by Dupuis''. ''It features little demons called the Krostons, taken from a comic book by their creator, Max Ariane.

Synopsis
The series features the Krostons, three little green elves able to move from the second dimension to the third dimension. Bad but stupid, they have the ambition to become the masters of the world.

History
Paul Deliège created Les Krostons in 1968, with Maurice Rosy after their departure as editors of the comic book series Bobo. He contacts Arthur Piroton, a realistic draftsman, about the new comics, who agreed to illustrate the first story. With the new comics, the two authors decided to take on pseudonyms, with the main author Max Ariane to publish the story. Max Ariane was used as the name of the creator of the Krostons of the series, with inspiration and a nod to Belgian singer  Marc Aryan. The series appears for the first time in number 1589 of the famed comic magazine Spirou. After the first story, Arthur Piroton will choose to draw Jess Long on screenplay by Maurice Tillieux and leave the series to the only Paul Deliège. The latter usually making cartoons must adapt, not without difficulty, his style to make it realistic. Subsequently he abandons the realistic style to keep only the humorous side of the series. Despite the success of the series, Paul Deliège lost interest in working on the Les Krostons series and moved back to resume work on the Bobo. Popularity did not subside for Les Krostons. At the wishes of readers, he wrote a few adventures in compiled albums in the 1980s, finally concluding the series in 1983.

Characters
The Krostons, the protagonists, are demons of diminutive size. Despite their diminutive size, they are rather dangerous and possess the ability to able to pass through multiple dimensions. Created in the Middle Ages, they wait for someone to give them back their lives. It is Max Ariane, cartoonist in need of inspiration, who will give them this service by copying a drawing of his son. As for Monsieur Flamberge, he owns one of the rare manuscripts containing information on Krostons.

The original collection
The comics was later publichsed by Dupuis scripts.

In 1972, within the collection of the Dupuis editions, the album "The Menace of the Krostons" was compiled and considered as the number zero of the series. The first album, a compilation of all the strips published previously, is released in 1975 and is titled Walk for a Kroston. The second album titled The House of Mutants was released in 1979. The Castle Life the third album of the series comes out in 1982. Two years later, released the fourth album entitled The Heir.

Special issue
In 1996, the Editions Points Image released an album compilation of the series titled The Krostons out of press. Three years later, a second special album entitled History of Krostons was released.

Integrals
The editions Owl release three integrals of the series. The first (numbered three) in 2005 which includes the albums three and four of Dupuis albums as well as short stories. The second album, released in 2007, includes the albums one and two of Dupuis publicaitons as well as unpublished series. The third (numbered one), released in 2009, and gathers the number zero album of Dupuis, the special albums, and short stories and presents in one format.

Reviews
The first appearance of the series takes place in 1968 in the 1589 issue of the Dupuis-published Spirou magazine with the story to follow simply called The Krostons. This series continued publication until issue number 1610. It also was on the cover of issue 1589. This story is drawn by Arthur Piroton on Paul Deliège 's screenplay, later he recovers the drawing from the series. The following year, Les Krostons saw the publication in issue 1652 with the complete backstory of six plates entitled The Origin of the Krostons. In 1970, a series ran in magazine issue 1667, 1682 and 1706, three complete stories of four, two and six plates titled respectively The Egg of the Krostons, The Cake of 'Birthday ' and 'The song of Krostons '. The following year is published in the numbers 1720 and 1732, two complete stories of six plates entitled The Kroston omelet and The Kroschtroumpf  and a story to follow entitled  The Krostons come out of published on 1752, the number of which it also covers, at 1768. The following year saw Les Krostons published in 1782 issue with a complete story composed of six boards entitled The Krostons go on vacation. In 1973, Les Krostons release the story titled Stroll for a Kroston in issue number 1851. The series is back in Spirou only in 1977 with the story to follow titled  The House of Mutants, published in issue 2017. Publication history took a hiatus due to lack of interest by the author. In 1981, Les Krstons was published from issue 2233 to 2243. Due to popular demand, author Max Ariane came back to work on Les Krostons to finish and conclude the series. The final appearance of the series in Spirou takes place in 1983 with the story to follow entitled The Heir that saw publication in issues 2348 to 2358, appearing in the cover page of issue 2348.

Adaptation
An animated film entitled film Les Krostons, Maîtres du monde in development by Studio d'Imagination and developed by Belgian director Frederik Du Chau.