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| Parent company | Flammarion |
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| Founded | 1780; 1934 as a comics publisher |
| Founder | Donat-Joseph Casterman |
| Country of origin | Belgium |
| Headquarters location | Tournai |
| Key people | Louis-Robert Casterman |
| Publication types | Comic books, children's literature |
| Imprints | Sakka |
| Official website | www |
Casterman is a publisher ofFranco-Belgian comics, specializing incomic books andchildren's literature. The company is based inTournai, 90 kilometres southwest of the centre ofBrussels, Belgium.
The company was founded in 1780 byDonat-Joseph Casterman, an editor and bookseller originally fromTournai.[1] Casterman was originally a printing company andpublishing house. In 1934, Casterman took over theLe Petit Vingtième editions for the publication of the albums ofThe Adventures of Tintin, from the fourth album of the series,Cigars of the Pharaoh. From 1942, Casterman published reworked versions and colored versions of the previous Tintin albums.[2]
Strengthened by the success ofHergé's comics, shortly after, Casterman proposed new series with new authors such asJacques Martin,François Craenhals andC. & V. Hansen. From 1954 on, Casterman published children's books, as well, including the successfulMartine books byMarcel Marlier and theCadet- Rama books written byAlain Gree (unitsAchille et Bergamote andPetit Tom).
Keen to appeal to a more mature market, Casterman decided in 1973 to publish the first albums ofCorto Maltese by theItalian authorHugo Pratt. Furthermore, in 1978, Casterman established its monthly magazineA Suivre, which was to influence the comics revival of the 1980s. Casterman ceased the publication ofA Suivre in 1997.
Casterman is now part ofGroupe Flammarion.[3]
Casterman'smanga series are published under the imprintSakka.[4]
This is a selected list of comics series, ordered by year of first publication by Casterman, with main authors given. A few series were also continued or temporarily taken over by other artists and writers.
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