Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles!

February 2, 2022 4:26 AM

The new design of the Belgian passport, featuring local celebrities (SLYT)
posted by elgilito (10 comments total)

Tintin! And Lucky Luke too!! But I don't recognize the others? How amazing though. Thanks for sharing.
posted by Zumbador at 5:47 AM on February 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

Does Lucky Luke have the old cigarette? Or the new hayseed?
posted by chavenet at 5:48 AM on February 2, 2022

Smurfs! I forgot that Peyo was Belgian.
posted by hwyengr at 6:46 AM on February 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

But I don't recognize the others?

Here's the full list (courtesy of people on Reddit/Google). It's interesting that they did not include some of the most famous characters, like Gaston Lagaffe (perhaps because André Franquin was already represented twice by Spirou and the Marsupilami) or Yoko Tsuno (the list is a little... masculine, but female characters were under-represented in Franco-Belgian comics). Perhaps they had to make room for the lesser known Flemish-language comics (and there are only four of them in the list).

04-05: Natacha / Natasja
06-07: Tintin / Kuifje
08-09: Marsupilami
10-11: Bob et Bobette / Suske en Wiske
12-13: Boule et Bill / Billie en Bollie
14-15: Cari Fleur / Kari Lente
16-17: Blake & Mortimer
18-19: Fanny et Cie / Kiekeboe
20-21: Lucky Luke
22-23: Schtroumpfs / Smurfen
24-25: Spirou / Robbedoes
26-27: Gil et Jo / Jommeke
28-29: Largo Winch
30-31: Néron / Nero
posted by elgilito at 8:21 AM on February 2, 2022 [4 favorites]

Oh that is lovely. As official records get more and more digital, it's nice to see something printed with so much care going into it.
posted by Mchelly at 8:38 AM on February 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

20-21: Lucky Luke ...And the four Dalton brothers

Tintin, the Marsupilami and the Smurfs appear twice each (plus the rocket from Destination Moon that appears on the inner covers), which isn't that surprising because they're so famous.
posted by sukeban at 8:47 AM on February 2, 2022 [3 favorites]

The cartoon character passports seem nice. I'm glad the King Leopold proposal didn't survive focus testing.
posted by Nerd of the North at 12:05 AM on February 3, 2022

This was sort of implied in the video, but I'm wondering if those different colors show up under black light?
posted by MtDewd at 7:31 AM on February 3, 2022

No Hercule Poirot?
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 2:28 PM on February 3, 2022

I would love to have a Tintin passport. But I'm an American so I'd get stuck with a Disney-themed one, which I very much would not want.
posted by The corpse in the library at 10:30 AM on February 5, 2022