Bibi Fricotin is a 1924 French comic strip series, drawn by , who also made Les Pieds Nickelés. The first panels appeared on 5 October 1924 in Le Petit Illustré, published by La Société parisienne d' édition. Character Bibi Fricotin is a young boy who goes on exotic adventures that make him travel across the world. The series was drawn by Louis Forton from 1924 until his death in 1934. Two years later Gaston Callaud continued the comic until the outbreak of World War II. The volumes he drew, numbers 8 to 12, are nowadays lost and highly sought by collectors. After the liberation, in 1947, Pierre Lacroix continued the series. He gave Bibi a sidekick: the black boy Razibus Zouzou, whom Bibi met in the story "Bibi Fricotin nouveau Robinson" (1950). Lacroix was assisted by writers such as Maric, René Lortac and Roland De Montaubert and drew the series until 1988. Film adaptation The series was popular enough to spawn a movie adaptation in 1950: Bibi Fricotin. Albums By Louis Forton Album 1 : La vocation de Bibi Fricotin (1928) Album 2 : Bibi Fricotin fait des farces (1928) Album 3 : Bibi Fricotin fait le tour du monde (1930) Album 4 : Bibi Fricotin boit l'obstacle (1931) Album 5 : Bibi triomphe (1933) Album 6 : Bibi Fricotin détective (1934) Album 7 : Bibi Fricotin roi des débrouillards (1935) By Gaston Callaud Album 8 : Bibi Fricotin au Pôle Nord (1936) Album 9 : Bibi Fricotin contre Dédé Tapdur (1937) Album 10 : Bibi Fricotin grande vedette (1938) Album 11 : Bibi Fricotin chez les Chinois (1940) Album 12 : Bibi Fricotin globe-trotter (1941) By Pierre Lacroix Album 13 : Bibi Fricotin n'a peur de rien (1947) scenario Corrald Album 14 : Bibi Fricotin fait du cinéma (1948) scenario René Lortac Album 15 : Bibi Fricotin aux Jeux Olympiques (1948) scenario Debois Album 16 : Bibi Fricotin sur le « Black Bird » (1948) scenario Debois Album 17 : Bibi Fricotin inventeur (1949) scenario René Lortac Album 18 : Bibi Fricotin roi de la publicité (1949) scenario René Lortac Album 19 : Bibi Fricotin jockey (1950) Album 20 : Bibi Fricotin aviateur (1950) scenario Debois Album 21 : Bibi Fricotin président de Bibiville (1950) scenario Debois Album 22 : Bibi Fricotin cowboy (1950) Album 23 : Bibi Fricotin nouveau Robinson (1951) scenario Debois Album 24 : Bibi Fricotin