Cheer (weekly)

Bravo is a Hebdomadaire of Cartoon Belgian, created the May 3rd 1936 in its Dutch-speaking edition, and the December 19th 1940 in its French-speaking edition.

The last published number is dated from the April 17th 1951.

The Dutch-speaking edition

Jean Meewissen, editor of Dutch origin launched in 1936, Cheer , a new weekly magazine intended for Dutch-speaking from Belgium and the Netherlands.

The first series are primarily American: Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, Felix the cat, the young imps.

The French-speaking edition

The occupation in 1940 blocking the doors of the Dutch market to him, Jean Meewissen decides to launch a French-speaking version of the newspaper.

Beside the American authors young Belgian and French draftsmen appear then, Jacques Laudy (Bimlabom and his/her Chibiche little sister), Edgar P. Jacobs, Sirius (adventures of Bolster), Albert Uderzo (Captain Marvel Jr), Jean Trubert (Knight Spring), Calvo (Tom Mix and Cricri), Alain Saint-Ogan (Zig and Puce), Marleb (Eye of Partridge and Lamar the invisible man).

In 1942, when the United States enters in war, the arrival of boards of Gordon Flash provided by the agency Opera Mundi, stops.

The drafting then requires of Jacobs to continue the series by imitating the style of Alex Raymond.

But after 5 weeks, the German censure requiring the stop of the series, Jacobs will enclose the history in only one board.

The newspaper losing its only series of science fiction, Jacobs is charged as fast as possible to carry out a new series inspired of Flash Gordon.

It will be the Ray U , whose principal characters point out the American series.

Publications

1984 : STRIP CARTOONS Glances, Belgian French-speaking magazines, CREABD
1986: the Collector of cartoons n° 49, Cheer! , a large Belgian , by Michel Roland and Dany Evrard.

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