french les volume comics series belgian cartoonist final instalment series completed belgium serialized magazine september january published collected volume narrative follows young reporter dog snowy friends captain professor travel fictional south american nation rescue friend imprisoned government involved anti government revolutionary activities old friend general began work years completing previous volume series flight creating aid team artists studios setting plot inspired interest latin american revolutionaries particularly active cuban revolution book reflected changes appearance behaviour key characters series instance longer wears trademark plus instead wearing bell bottoms volume published poor reception continued receive negative reviews later commentators work continued story completed series defining comics tradition story adapted episode animated series adventures synopsis dog snowy visit friends captain professor hall learn maid pianist detectives thompson imprisoned allegedly attempting overthrow military government government alleged plot invites trio visit promising safe passage trap leaving captain professor taken rural villa closely monitored security services joins friends days later points villa recognises staff man saved life learns entire scenario plot organised colonel figure military assisting government order gain revenge events affair assistance snowy escape guards seek refuge general small band anti hiding san jungle realising double agent working escape attempt lives shelter time indigenous community live forest reunited old acquaintance explorer living leaving settlement eventually arrive meet wife realises able launch successful coup remain owing frequent parachute drops forces combat problem provides render taste alcohol secretly testing course story soon afterward troupe carnival performers arrive camp having lost way mean carnival suggestion disguise costumes enter carnival storm presidential palace seize control president banished country sent thompson rescued firing squad assistants released prison final panel book flight home departs newly named flies seen earlier flew country stroke political commentary government caused virtually change lives inhabitants history background years completing previous adventure flight prove book completed final years life decided develop story group latin american revolutionaries having idea early 1960s prior embarking particular inspired activities 26th july movement launching guerrilla war cuban revolution president specifically interested statement cut beard revolution succeeded adopting idea revolutionaries facial hair initially planned refer group reference spanish word meaning story initial working title los later settled les depiction band latin american revolutionaries influenced french leftist activist accounts time spent fighting alongside revolutionary depiction support government reference soviet_union support latin american regimes notably cuba depicted having governed ideological system political leader similarly included reference backed order reflect influence western multinational corporations latin_america depiction city visually based city brazil depiction public sculpture city inspired work sculptor paintings designed hotel stay based work incorporated characters previous adventures include tribe colonel affair character general mentioned previous adventures depicted introduced introduced new character based american secretary spokesman observed television documentary preparatory notes story considered introducing daughter arms dealer satirical depiction old times real life arms dealer appeared introduced story group based separate touring party groups encountered initially considered number alternative names troupe including decided update depiction clothes having influenced depiction character animated film temple sun young reporter depicted wearing motorcycle helmet symbol wears new brown trousers plus worn previous later commenting inclusion peace symbol stated normal anti war changed behaviour characters story instance depicting practising butler drinking new development added story revealing time depiction san carnival drawn largely images included dressed costumes different cartoon film characters included band known carnival scene developed creations friend colleague devised comic series street marching named birthday publication les began belgium france magazine september published collected volume publication page removed story fit standard page book format page question located pages published book featured attempting smash glass accidentally breaking statue political leader instead launch party held hotel brussels publication proved commercial success half million copies soon sold critically panned time contemporary critics condemned deemed political story pointed depiction regime change bring improvement nation populace critics belgium france work defended french philosopher stated criticism leveled astonishing talk revolution people stay government overthrow general aided assassins takes place general protected repetition movement reduced modern examples rivalry double identities want june travelled britain launch story english translation spent weeks giving interviews attending book critical analysis felt use characters earlier stories lent air finale biographer felt story characters passive earlier adventures submitting events setting particularly evident character stated changed evidenced change clothing felt image succeeds dating adventure adding alter appearance end career mistake stated story version noting end story prisoner palace sad appropriate ending suggested changes characters represented element characters traits believed present previous adventures flight study literary critic expressed view served kind retrospective return characters suggested carnival evoked figures previous stories scots chinese indians course inevitable saw adventure partial sequel set contained characters thompson considered overtly political book years felt unlike earlier political works campaigning element present agreed noting far cry political system found land soviets anti japanese tone thought story sense taken clear seizure power real revolution palace coup noted story showed 1930s 1970s manipulation multinational concerns condemned accepts little change ultimately highly critical awarding describing sad specifically felt magic line missing story believing caused work having turned assistants felt characters tired totally book cover takes lead thompson echoed similar views believing life characters normal absent drawings enjoyment added contained fine story missing genuine adventure thought comedy mechanical characters plot drawings ring true literary critic believed reflected number themes found instance believed theme exhibited scene butler argument expressed view imprisonment los hotel reflected uneasy host guest relationship theme mccarthy believed inclusion symbol motorcycle helmet start story sign left wing tendency won right wing perspectives dominated early work placed emphasis fact executions held revolution adding blood fail reference suggested loss ability drink alcohol served symbolic expressed view characters divided pairs considered pair noting masters power control science politics placed pair noting love maternal romantic paired driven succeed happy playing success private lie tries finally paired noting broken ear father son style relationship point equals adaptations collaboration french studio canadian animation company adapted stories series episodes minutes long stories included television series directed series praised generally faithful compositions having actually directly taken panels original comic book
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