Vincent Larcher
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Vincent Larcher | ||
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| Place of birth | ? , France | ||
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| Playing position | Centre Forward | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963-1964 | US Valenciennes-Anzin | ||
| 1964-? | AC Milan | ||
| National team | |||
| ? | France | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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Vincent Larcher was a fictional footballer created by Belgian comic artist Raymond Reding (1920–1999) and appeared in a eponymous comic strip. He first appeared in the strip in 1963 and last in 1972.
It was published in the Journal de Tintin.
Creation
Before the Eric Castel series, published from 1979, Belgian comic book author Raymond Reding had tried his hand at another character: Vincent Larcher, who appeared for the first time in the Journal de Tintin in 1963. He would have to wait six years before being published in a comic strip. Six volumes were released, one per year, the series finally concluding in 1979 with a special edition entitled Vincent Larcher avant-centre, which is actually the beginning of the story.
Publishing history
Vincent Larcher was created by writer/artist Raymond Reding for the weekly comic magazine "Tintin" in 1963. After an "origin" story with no fantasy elements ("Vincent Larcher Avant-Centre", TI Nos. 770-802), the character went into a hiatus, but returned with a vengeance in 1967 with the superheroic "Olympio Trilogy" featured here.
This, however, turned out to be a short-lived experiment, and Reding returned to telling more conventional, sports-themed stories. Two more Vincent Larcher stories followed, "Le Condottiere" (TI Nos. 1088-1109, 1970) and "Mini-Jupes & Maxi-Foot" (TI Nos. 1142-1157, 1970), none of which contained any fantasy elements.
The "Olympio Trilogy" was collected in the graphic novel format by publisher Editions du Lombard as volumes 1, 2 and 5 of their Vincent Larcher collection, published respectively in 1969, 1970 and 1973.
The story "Onze Gauchers pour Mexico" is a crossover with Reding's other sports series, Jimmy Torrent & Jari.
Books
Albums in the “Jeune Europe” collection published by Le Lombard:
- [Tome 1] 1969 No 62 Olympic 2004
- [Tome 2] 1970 No 67 11 gauchers pour Mexico
- [Tome 3] 1971 Le Condottiere
- [Tome 4] 1972 Mini-jupes et maxi-foot
- [Tome 5] 1973 Le zoo du Docteur Quetzal
- [Tome 6] 1975 Opération pénalty
Special edition published by Bédéscope
- 1979 Vincent Larcher avant-centre
The pilot episode that introduces Vincent Larcher:
- 1979 le dernier match de Remy Bourdelle (6 pages + 1 couverture)
Career
Club
Unlike Eric Castel, a sports comic strip that essentially talks about football, Vincent Larcher uses football as a pretext (notably in Vincent Larcher, center forward), but from the second volume, Olympic 2004, the comic strip evolves very quickly towards the fantastic, with a mutant giant (Olympio), mad scientists, parallel worlds and radiation.
Larcher nevertheless remains a mythical character of the comic strip of the time, who had already made a few cameos in other works by Reding. And then, this cover of Volume 3, Le Condottiere, where he wears the Milan jersey, is simply a collector's item.
Vincent Larcher, played for AC Milan and US Valenciennes-Anzin during his career.[1]
In September 1969 (issue no3) he plays with Milan away against Benfica.[2]
International
In 1969 album published by Lombarde Larcher plays for France against France B and has a dul with right winger Michel Segovia, international player of FC Dunkerquois.
Style of play
Legacy
On 7 February 2023, the french sofoot.com website ranked him 18th (Eric Castel came 45th and Roy Race 31st) in the Top100 of the best fictional footballers of all time (including cartoons).[3]
Personal life
Honours
Note that all records are fictional, and only date as far as 1992, the last completed season of the comic strip.
League
Cups
European
International
See also
References
Sources
External links
- « Vincent Larcher [archive », sur bedetheque.com]
