Fantasio

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Fantasio is a side-character in several series, most notably Spirou (where he often receives co-billing) and Gaston Lagaffe. He has blond hair with a ray in the middle and eight rebel locks. He almost always wears a suit with a blue jacket, black pants and a red bow tie. Fantasio is sometimes grumpy, often awkward, but he is generally a friendly and humorous character, whereas Spirou is generally more serious. When we find him alongside Gaston Lagaffe, it is the latter who plays the role of whimsical hero, and Fantasio the foil; he then appears much more serious and austere than when he is with Spirou. Fantasio loses his good mood when he is confronted with the arrival of Gaston and Seccotine in his close entourage. He becomes serious, then even irascible. He gets angry at the slightest whim of the Marsupilami and gets angry when one of his collaborators contradicts him. In the series Gaston, he is the editor in chief of the Spirou magazine and he manages the employees.