In 1940, an obscure adventure comics titled as 'Bücür Görünmeyen Şehirde [Shorty in the Invisible City]' was serialized in the Turkish children's weekly magazine Yavrutürk no.'s 198-208. The plot starts with a white kid who looks somewhat like Tintin, named as Bücür in this Turkish edition, befriending a native kid called Duda in Africa. The two kids come across a city in the desert where they are imprisoned for attempting to buy some food with money; for transactions with money has been forbidden in this city where everyone is obliged to give any money they find to the city's ruler. Bücür manages to escape and take a leading part in a revolt against the ruler. In the end, when he wants to embrace Duda, his friend disappears as a mirage! So does the city! In a twist, it all turns out to be a feverish dream...
If anyone knows anythig about the original source of this weird comics, PLEASE let us know..
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“...If anyone knows anythig about the original source of this weird comics, PLEASE let us know..”
Yavrutürk dergisinde yayınlanan “Bücür Görünmeyen Şehirde” yi tesadüfen yeni gördüm. Yeni bir bilgiye ulaştınız mı bilmiyorum ama Bücür ve Duda'nın orijinalinin Jijé (Joseph Gillain)'in 1939'da Belçika çıkışlı çocuk dergisi “Petits Belges”de yayınlanan erken dönem “Blondin et Cirage (Le Negre Blanc)” çizgileri olduğunu düşünüyorum... Araya 2. Dünya Savaşı'nın girmesiyle kesintiye uğrayan seri, savaş sonrası Spirou dergisinde -daha bir oturmuş- Jijé çizgileriyle tekrar kendine yer bulmuş...
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