Valiant Cœurs is the name of a Magazine Hebdomadaire French Catholique disappeared intended for the youth. Aiming an old assistantship from 11 to 14 years, it is created the December 8th 1929 by the Union of catholic works of France (UOCF), and will become a movement of Church. In 1938, it will be followed by Valiant Âmes for the girls.

In 1963, published by the editions Fleurus, Valiant Cœurs takes the name of J2 Jeunes , title more modern whose first “J” recalls the day of publication, Thursday, which is then a day without school in France, often devoted to catechism. In fact, J2 as corresponds, wink of editors having known the war, with the same category of age for the Ration coupons as its assistantship.

In 1971, the magazine is renamed Formule 1 . It ceases appearing in 1981.

The movement

After the war, the movement will be modernized to become the Catholic Action of the Children (ACE).

The newspaper

Series of Hergé

The newspaper for young people Valiant Cœurs remained famous to have been one of first to publish the cartoon the Adventures of Tintin and Milou of Hergé. However, Hergé does not agree a long time to be made impose a style where each image must then be commented by a text placed under it and which describes what one would include/understand very well without him.

The editors, on their side, assert that the " stories with ballons" , as they at that time are named, have bad press near the parents (one shows them to impoverish the narrative vocabulary) and that it is those which make the decisions of purchase.

In addition, they are perplexed on this character of Tintin which does not have a family and really does not seem to work (journalist, one never sees it for example at its office). Is this an example for youth?

A compromise will be found by Hergé via the creation of other characters (OJ, Zette and Jocko, whose family is considered to be in conformity with the standards of the moment), in exchange of the renouncement of the explanatory text of each image.

Other series

After the war, Valiant the Cœurs newspaper will continue until 1963, and will publish inter alia the following series:

• Frédéri the gardian ( Robert Rigot and Guy Hempay )
• Alex, Drum and Eureka ( Pierre Brochard )
• Jim Aydumien ( Pierre Chery )
• Blazon of money ( Guy Mouminoux )
• Fred Valiant ( Robert Rigot and Guy Hempay ) the
• Moky, Poupy and Nestor ( Bussemey )
• Marc the Wolf ( Alain of Orange and Benoit J.P. )
• Oscar Hamel and Isidore ( Frederic-Antonin Breysse)

Then J2 Jeunes will take over 1963 to 1970, then Formule 1 of 1970 to 1981.

In parallel, Fripounet, Perlin and Pinpin and other reviews bound for young people will be launched by the editions Fleurus, thus named street name which lodges them (like later Bayard ). Fripounet and Marisette is addressed to the children of the two sexes of rather rural France, valiant Âmes with the young women.

See too

• List of periodic newspapers of cartoon

External bonds

• memory of Valiant Hearts, J2 Jeunes and Formule 1

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