Gaston #6

Gaston is the iconic, perpetually lazy, and accident-prone office worker created by the legendary Belgian cartoonist André Franquin. First appearing in the pages of Spirou magazine in 1957, the character was originally conceived as a minor gag to liven up the editorial offices. Over time, Gaston Lagaffe evolved into the star of his own series, celebrated for his inventive but disastrous inventions and his signature green sweater, reflecting a gentle, anarchic humor that satirized 1960s and 70s office culture.

The sixth issue in the Gaston series compiles the beloved comic strips that further cemented Franquin's reputation as a master of character expression and slapstick timing. By this stage in the series, Franquin had fully refined the visual language of the character, moving away from his earlier, more rigid style toward the fluid, dynamic ink work that characterizes his best-known strips. The collection was received as a milestone in European comics, capturing the shift toward a more modern, irreverent tone in Franco-Belgian bande dessinée.