Writer: Maurice Rosy (1927- )
Artist: Will
(pseudonym of Willy Maltaite) (1927- )
Monsieur Choc is the mysterious leader of a world-spanning criminal organization called La Main Blanche [The White Hand]. His true face remains unknown. He usually hides his features behind a medieval helmet, and dresses in a tuxedo dinner jacket. His nemeses are two private detectives: Tif, a bald (and bold) adventurer, and his companion, Tondu, a former navy captain who wears a beard. Many of their adventures involve science fiction or fantasy elements: anti-gravity (ep. 6), android duplicates (ep. 9), giant robots (ep. 12), dream exploration (ep. 13), super-speed (ep. 32). |
Written by Rosy; Drawn by Will:
Graphic Novel # 32. Traitement de Choc [Shock Treatment] (1984) Graphic Novel # 33. Choc 235 (1985) Graphic Novel # 35. Dans les Griffes de la Main Blanche [In The Clutches Of The White Hand] (1986) |
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Tif & Tondu was originally created by Fernand Dineur
for the weekly comic magazine "Spirou" in 1938. It was then
taken over by Will in 1948. Writer Maurice Rosy came
on board in 1955 and immediately created the character of Monsieur
Choc and the White Hand. The series' popularity
soared. In 1958, Will & Rosy took a six-year
break, but returned in 1964 with Choc au Louvre. A number of
flamboyant adventures pitting the resourceful Tif & Tondu
against Choc followed, until 1967 when Rosy decided the
retire the character. He wrote two more Tif & Tondu
adventures, then in 1968, passed the writing baton to Maurice
Tillieux, who went on to write the series for 11 years. It is
only in 1984 that Monsieur Choc made a triumphant return under the
pen of writer Stephen Desberg, with Maurice Rosy's
permission. Will finally retired in 1991, but the series
continues today, in other hands. |
Maurice Rosy (1927- ) joined the editorial team of
"Spirou" in the early 1950s. He contributed stories to Tif
& Tondu and Spirou. In 1967, he co-created
Attila with Derib. His other popular creation is the
cartoony convict, Bobo. Rosy retired from comics in
the late 1960s to go into advertising. |
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