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Sibylline

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Belgian comic series

Sibylline
The main character with the series logo
Publication information
Publisher	Dupuis Spirou magazine
Genre	Fantasy comics,funny animals
Publication date	March 14, 1965
Creative team
Created by	Raymond Macherot
Written by	Raymond Macherot
Artist	Raymond Macherot
Colorist(s)	Bruno Wesel, Studio Léonardo

Sibylline is a Belgian comics series byRaymond Macherot and his second best-known work afterChlorophylle. Just like the latter, it is afantasy comic about anthropomorphic animals in a forest setting. However, here the protagonist is a female mouse named Sibylline.

Concept

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Sibylline is a female mouse who lives in the forestBosquet Jojeux, which is an anthropomorphic version of real city life. Much likeChlorophylle the stories appear to be acartoon animal fantasy strip, but in fact have a darker, satirical edge.^[1] As the series progressed more fantastical elements started to occur, such as ghosts, wizards and vampires.^[2]

Characters

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Sibylline: The star of the series. She is a gentle, clever and brave female mouse, but can be jealous and hot-headed. Originally she lived in a house, but later she moved to the forest. She wears a yellowbonnet and a blue dress.
Taboum: Her dim-witted husband, who is very clumsy and a male version of thedamsel in distress. Just like her, he is a mouse.
Flouzemaker: Acrow who is a cigar-smoking business man.
Brigadier Verboten: A strict and authoritarianhedgehog who guards the forest. He wears a paper hat and a sheriff's badge. His last name is a pun on the German word for "Forbidden".
Anathème Percemiche: The major antagonist of the series. He is a rat who is related to Anthracite, the antagonist from Macherot's other series,Chlorophylle. Anathème debuted in"Sibylline et l'imposteur".
The small circus: A circus company who frequently travels to Sibylline's home place. It is composed of Gloglo, aparakeet who is aventriloquist; Alphonse a dog who pulls their mobile home forth, Gustave a white cat who is anequilibrist and Gougoui the mouse, who tames butterflies.
Patakes: A duck who works as a reporter for "La Trompette Fureteuse".
Pantoufle: A cat who tries to eat Sibylline and her friends, but always fails. He was later given his own comics spin-off, under the script ofRené Goscinny.
Burokratz: Avampire who enjoys stealing cakes.
Zabagor: A white bird who can play the violin. He does this so well that it scares Burokratz the vampire.
Pistolard: A fox who is a magician.
Croque-Monsieur: Aferret, who is another major antagonist. He is the evilest of all villains and actually murders animals to eat them. His name is a pun on the snackCroque-monsieur.

History

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In 1964Raymond Macherot leftTintin, where he had drawnChlorophylle for many years. Contractually he was unable to take his characters with him, except for the antagonist Anthracite, whom he kept. In 1965 he created the seriesSybilline for the rival magazineSpirou.^[1] The tone and atmosphere were very similar toChlorophylle. Scripts were written by Macherot andPaul Deliège. After Macherot quit drawing Taymans took over. The series ran inSpirou until 1990. In 2006 the series was relaunched byAndré Taymans andFrançois Corteggiani.^[1]

In popular culture

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In theBelgian Comic Strip Center inBrussels the permanent exhibition brings homage to the pioneers ofBelgian comics, among them Raymond Macherot. In the room dedicated to his work, everything is designed to look like a Chlorophylle and Sybilline's underground home in the forest.^[3]

Sibylline is among the many Belgian comics characters to jokingly have a Brussels street named after them. Since 2007 the Place Saint-Jean/ Sint-Jansplein has acommemorative plaque with the namePlace Sibylline placed under the actual street sign.^[4]