Iznogoud
Iznogoud (French pronounced English: he's no good " he 's no good, he's a rascal ") is a comic book series, by René Goscinny (texts ) and Jean Tabary (drawings ) created in 1962 for the first edition of the French magazine Record been. The main character is the same deceitful Grand Vizier, who repeatedly tried in vain to remove the Caliph to the throne itself.
History of the series
Starting in 1968, the stories also appeared in the magazine Pilote, later stories were drawn directly for comic books. After the death of Goscinny in 1977 Tabary led the series from Volume 14 on alone.
Content
Grand Vizier Iznogoud wants to " Caliph instead of the Caliph be ". Sneaky he tries by all means to eliminate the Caliph Harun al - Pussah and take the throne himself. However, his attacks are all failures. A recurring motif is that the failed assassination due to the silly coincidences childishly naive caliphs appear as favors or exceptional achievements of his grand vizier, whereupon Isnogud increases even more in the favor of the Caliph. Nevertheless Isnogud continues to strive to eliminate him. Isnoguds henchman is his faithful Mietsklave Tunichgud all attacks.
The authors appear as minor characters in different albums.
Publication in Germany
In Germany, the comics debuted in 1970 in the comics magazine MV Comix of Egmont Ehapa publishing, where she appeared until 1977. The albums have been since 1974, initially, also brought out The Adventures of the Caliph Haroun al Pussah of Ehapa still under the series title. Some stories were later reprinted the speech bubble in YPS and the magazine.
Since 1974, the albums published by Ehapa in both softcover and, in much smaller edition, in hardcover. From the French original series, there are now 29 volumes, the first 14 were texted by Goscinny, as well as the volumes 22, 23 and 24, which were not published until after the death of Goscinny. In addition, the anthology appeared His meanest pranks that contains the volumes 3, 6 and 8. Volume 20 is a reprint of the series The Nightmares of Iznogoud the Boiselle - Löhmann -Verlag.
From March 2008 to March 2010 published a nine- volume complete edition at Egmont Ehapa.
Filming
The project originally planned a film with Louis de Funès in the lead role has been dropped after the death of René Goscinny.
1995 was a 26-part animated series, were filmed in the stories from the comics. Some details have been changed here, for example, appear in contrast to the comics without disabilities ( one-legged, etc.). Since April 2009, the 26 double episodes are available in German on three DVDs.
On February 9, 2005, a live action film was released in French cinemas under the title Iznogoud - The Grand Vizier with Michaël Youn bitter as Iznogoud and Jacques Villeret as caliph Harun al - Pussah. In a supporting role, the singer Sofia Essaïdi occurred.