Featured Signed and sketched comic by Francois Craenhals

I have a signed and sketched comic by Francois Craenhals. He died in 2004 in Montpellier, France.

I was just wondering if this Comic might be of any value, since I can't find any signed and sketched ones out there. I appreciate any ideas, suggestions, tips and help. Thank you so much!

 

You can check out demand for his work on eBay France. Here's a link to the author's closed listings.

https://www.ebay.fr/sch/i.html?_odk...nhals+.TRS0&_nkw=francois+craenhals+&_sacat=0

Debora

 

Thanks, but unfortunately my French is very, very limited and I actually found some of his "Pom er Teddy" comics on abebooks, but nothing signed or sketched.

 

The value will be greatly increased by the sketch and signature.

Can anyone translate the French writing? I can not. <3

 

There doesn't seem to be much demand for his work in France. This copy did quite well but it's a 1956 first edition. (Yours appears to be a reprint.) Nevertheless, one would think a inscription with sketch by author would be of interest to someone.

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/EO-Pom-Teddy...738930?hash=item283b7cfd72:g:B3AAAOSwu55ZemJ1

As an fyi, here's the French wikipedia.com entry for "Pom et Teddy" I ran through Google Translate for you.

https://translate.google.com/transl...edia.org/wiki/Pom_et_Teddy&edit-text=&act=url

Debora

 

"For Carn, with a smile of (from?) Maggy"

The bottom line looks like "and a bijou of the (something I can't read) of Belgium. "

 

Think it's "Cara" and "maman."

Debora

 

Pour Cara, avec un sourire de Maggy: For Cara, with a smile from Maggy.
Signature.
et un bizou de la maman de Belgique: and a kiss from the mom/mum/mother of Belgium.

As far as I know 'bizou' should be spelled bisou, but it could be deliberate here, a private thing.

 

It's good to see you here, @Stanzerl -- I think it has been a while since you posted. Sorry I can't help with your question.

 

Thank you so much! It does sound quite personal, maybe this person was an exchange student hat his house and/or something similar, doesn't it?!?!?

 

Thanks @Figtree3, it is good to be back! But I will only be able to stop by every once in a while, since we have some big personal things coming up at home. But it is great to see you again!

 

Well, well. Here's another inscription and Maggie sketch with a 75 euro BIN price from eBay France.

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/CRAENHALS-PO...560687?hash=item5d65a96c6f:g:m8gAAOSw8gVX53kE

Debora

 

Great, Debora! Thanks! This gives me a way better idea! The sketch I have is more detailed and in a better overall state, incl. the comic book, even though it is a reprint, but still. Thanks again!!!!

 

Yes, your sketch is much nicer, and in the book. And the text more special.
The ebay one says A BRIGITTE AVEC LES MEILLEURES AMITIES DE MAGGY, To Brigitte with the best regards from Maggy. A pretty standard line.

 

It reads thus: For Cara with a smile from Maggy.

Then below, and with a kiss from the mother from Belgium. De, in this context, means from. For example, I might say, Je suis du Royaume-Uni. A better translation might be Belgian mother.

Bizou is a common colloquialism in French for kiss and is often spelled that way.

 

My French is too rusty, maybe @kyratango can shed some light on the text.
I was wondering about the Belgique line, because the French name for Belgium is 'la Belgique'. So I am from Belgium is je suis de la Belgique.
That is why I thought the 'mother of Belgium', the text seems to be for someone Craenhals knew well, it could be a private thing.

 

it says de Belgique. That's grammatically correct, you omit the definite article for a feminine country. Je suis d'Angleterre is correct, for example. There's many other cases where that applies.

 

Of course, thanks for reminding me.
The last time I was in France was in 1992. I still read French occasionally, but that doesn't help much with active language skills.

 

AJ, your French isn't as rusty as you think
Though Ownedbybear is right for "de Belgique" translated in from Belgium
Idem for Bisou, being right spelling, you're right, some like to transform it! Personnally, I write "bizzzouss" to mimic the sound of a kiss