Sibylline

Sibylline
Publication information
Publisher	Dupuis Spirou magazine
Genre	Fantasy comics, Funny animal comics, Satirical comics.
Publication date	March 14, 1965
Creative team
Writer(s)	Raymond Macherot
Artist(s)	Raymond Macherot
Colorist(s)	Bruno Wesel, Studio Léonardo
Creator(s)	Raymond Macherot

Sibylline is a Belgian comics series by Raymond Macherot and his second best known work after Chlorophylle. Just like the latter it's a fantasy comic about anthropomorphic animals in a forest setting. However, here the protagonist is a female mouse named Sibylline.

Sibylline is a female mouse who lives in the forest Bosquet Jojeux, which is an anthropomorphic version of real city life. Much like Chlorophylle the stories appear to be a funny animal fantasy strip, but in fact have a darker, satirical edge. As the series progressed more fantastical elements started to occur, such as ghosts, wizards and vampires.

In 1964 Raymond Macherot left Tintin, where he had drawn Chlorophylle for many years. Contractually he was unable to take his characters with him, except for the antagonist Anthracite, whom he kept. In 1965 he created the series Sybilline for the rival magazine Spirou. The tone and atmosphere were very similar to Chlorophylle. Scripts were written by Macherot and Paul Deliège. After Macherot quit drawing Taymans took over. The series ran in Spirou until 1990. In 2006 the series was relaunched by André Taymans and François Corteggiani.

In the Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels the permanent exhibition brings homage to the pioneers of Belgian comics, among them Raymond Macherot. In the room dedicated to his work everything is designed to look like an Chlorophylle and Sybilline's underground home in the forest.

Sibylline is among the many Belgian comics characters to jokingly have a Brussels street named after them. Since 2007 the Place Saint-Jean/ Sint-Jansplein has a commemorative plaque with the name Place Sibylline placed under the actual street sign.

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