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Pif Gadget was a French comic magazine for children that ran from 1969 to 1993 and 2004 to 2009. Its audience peaked in the early 1970s.
Created as an outlet of the French Communist Party, it was initially entitled Le Jeune Patriote. Published illegally from January 1942 under Nazi Occupation of France, then legally in 1944–1945, it was succeeded by Vaillant, Le Jeune Patriote in 1945. The title was moderated in 1946 to read simply Vaillant, with the tag, "le journal le plus captivant" (The Most Captivating Magazine). For the April issue of 1965, the title was changed to Vaillant, le journal de Pif, in honour of the prominently featured Pif le chien, a dog character created by José Cabrero Arnal. Until 1969, Vaillant had, like all its competitors, printed "to be continued"-stories, but the magazine in this incarnation ended with issue number 1238 on February 23, 1969.
Pif Gadget started again with issue number 1, released on February 24, 1969, but retained the old number relative to Vaillant. The magazine was called Pif et son gadget surprise for a few months in the beginning. The name gadget referred to the 'free gift' with each issue, including the very popular Pifises (brine shrimp in stasis, which readers could raise as minuscule pets - known in English as sea monkeys).
Actors: Roger Carel (actor), Don Brown (actor), Roger Lumont (actor), John Tench (actor), Raoul Delfosse (actor), Philippe Dumat (actor), Henry Djanik (actor), Mario Santini (actor), Gérard Surugue (actor), Claude Rollet (actor), Claude Rollet (writer), Olivier Liboutry (composer), Serge Lhorca (actor), Bruno Desraisses (director), Bruno Desraisses (writer),
Plot: Hercule wishes to be recognized at last as the star that he always was. He does not accept that Pif, this fleabag, can delight stardom. He decides, therefore, on an impulse, to change his life and retire to a deserted island- or the nearest thing: to relate his career and write his own film. In a paradise-like setting, Hercule recounts the biggest roles of his career. Pif isn't absent from his memories, but Hercule still considers him to be a fifth wheel... However, this, in reality, is not exactly the case...
Genres: Animation,Actors: Jacques Alric (actor), Jay Brazeau (actor), Don Brown (actor), Roger Carel (actor), Ian James Corlett (actor), Michael Donovan (actor), Yves Elliot (actor), Gérard Hernandez (actor), Doug Parker (actor), John Tench (actor), Dale Wilson (actor), Cathy Weseluck (actress), Alexandre Desplat (composer), René Bouloc (actor), William Coryn (actor),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Michel Leeb (actor), Jean-Pierre Jacquet (director),
Genres: Short,