Ric Hochet Explained

Format:Bande Dessinée
Publisher:Dargaud
Le Lombard
Date:1955 - Present
Main Char Team:Ric Hochet
Commissaire Bourdon
Nadine
Writers:André-Paul Duchâteau
Artists:Tibet
Creators:André-Paul Duchâteau
Tibet

Ric Hochet is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Tibet (drawings) and André-Paul Duchâteau (scripts). It first appeared on March 30, 1955, in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tintin.[1]

Synopsis

The series features the adventures of Ric Hochet, a reporter for the newspaper La Rafale in Paris.

Characters

Ric Hochet
  • A journalist from Paris with a strong sense of justice who takes huge risks to see a culprit brought to justice. His first name "Ric" is a diminuitive; but while Duchâteau has stated that Ric's first name is "Frédéric", while Tibet has insisted on "Richard".[2]
    Commissaire Sigismond Bourdon
  • Ric's close friend and most important contact with the Paris police department.
    Nadine
  • Bourdon's grandniece and later on Ric's girlfriend.
    Richard Hochet
  • Ric's father, a former gentleman thief and fugitive from the police who appears sporadically in the series, mostly to help Ric (or for Ric to help him) out of sticky situations.
    Inspector Ledru
  • Bourdon's assistant, and mostly a rival to Hochet and his superior. He later becomes the captain of an anti-terrorism unit.
    Bob Drumond
  • First a journalist, later editor of La Rafale, and a close friend of Ric.
    Professor Hermelin
  • A bad-tempered and cowardly but genius scientist with a dislike for Bourdon.
    "Le Bourreau" ("The Executioner")/"B"
  • A sadistic, overweight spy for a foreign power and a long-term enemy of Ric. He is habitually exchanged for another prisoner to haunt his nemesis anew. After trying to get revenge in Ric by having him implicated for several murders, he finally dies in Dernier Duel when he gets shot with a blank cartridge by Ric.
    Lambert
  • An unscrupulous journalist, formerly working for La Rafale before taking a new job at the rival newspaper agency Paris-Night. However, in tough cases he is able to provide Ric with essential informations.
    Lamberto
  • A flamboyant, sensationalist Italian movie director.

    Translations

    The series' name deviated as translations were published across Europe, with the result that it is known as Rick Master in Germany, Rik Ringers in The Netherlands and Flanders, Riku Oksa in Finland and Allan Falk and Rick Hart in Scandinavia. Ric Hochet's stories were also published in South India in Tamil Language by Prakash Publishers. Ric Hochet is known as "Reporter Johnny" in Tamil. Ric Hochet's stories were published in Egypt in the Arabic version of the magazine Tintin (magazine) (تان تان), which was issued between 1971 and 1980.

    French English German Italian Finnish Dutch SwedishTamilArabic
    Ric Hochet Ric Hochet Rick Master Ric Roland Riku Oksa Rik Ringers Allan Falk /
    Rick Hart     		Reporter Johnny Ric Hochet (ريك هوشيه)
    Commissaire Bourdon Kommissar Bourdon Commissario Bourdon Commissaris Baardemakers Kommissarie Bourdon Police Commissioner Boudon Commissioner Boudon
    Nadine Nadine Nadine Nadine Nadine Nadine Nadine
    Richard Hochet Richard Hochet Richard Ringers Richard
    Inspecteur Ledru Inspektor Ledru Ispettore Ledru Kempers Inspector Ledru
    Bob Drumond Bob Drumond Bob Dalberg Bob Drumont Bob
    Professeur Hermelin Professor Hermelin professor Hermelijn Professor Hermelin

    Albums

    1. Traquenard au Havre
    2. Mystère à Porquerolles
    3. Défi à Ric Hochet
    4. L'ombre de Caméléon
    5. Piège pour Ric Hochet
    6. Rapt sur le France
    7. Suspense à la télévision
    8. Face au serpent
    9. Alias Ric Hochet
    10. Les 5 revenants
    11. Cauchemar pour Ric Hochet
    12. Les spectres de la nuit
    13. Les compagnons du diable
    14. Ric Hochet contre le Bourreau
    15. Le monstre de Noireville
    16. Requiem pour une idole
    17. Épitaphe pour Ric Hochet
    18. Enquête dans le passé
    19. Les signes de la peur
    20. L'homme qui portait malheur
    21. Alerte! Extra - Terrestres
    22. Le trio maléfique
    23. La ligne de mort
    24. La piste rouge
    25. Coups de griffes chez Bouglione
    26. L'ennemi à travers les siècles
    27. L'épée sur la gorge
    28. Hallali pour Ric Hochet
    29. Opération 100 milliards
    30. Le fantôme de l'alchimiste
    31. K.O. en 9 rounds (short stories)
    32. Tribunal noir
    33. Le scandale Ric Hochet
    34. La nuit des vampires
    35. La mort noire
    36. La flèche de sang
    37. Le maléfice Vaudou
    38. Face au crime
    39. Le disparu de l'enfer
    40. Le double qui tue
    41. La maison de la vengeance
    42. La liste mortelle
    43. Les messagers du trépas
    44. Ric Hochet contre Sherlock
    45. Le triangle Attila
    46. Les témoins de Satan
    47. Les jumeaux diaboliques
    48. Le secret d'Agatha
    49. L'exécuteur des ténèbres
    50. Le crime de l'an 2000
    51. La bête de l'apocalypse
    52. Le maître de l'illusion
    53. Meurtre à l'Impro
    54. Le masque de la terreur
    55. Qui a peur d'Hitchcock
    56. Un million sans impôt
    57. L'heure du kidnapping
    58. Premières armes (comics)|Premières armes (Reprinted)
    59. La main de la mort
    60. Crime sur Internet
    61. Le jeu de la potence
    62. B.D. meurtres
    63. La sorcière mal aimée
    64. Le contrat du siècle
    65. Panique sur le Web
    66. Penthouse story
    67. Le nombre maudit
    68. Le collectionneur de crimes
    69. L'homme de glace
    70. Silence de mort (Ric Hochet)|Silence de mort
    71. La dernière impératrice
    72. Le trésor des Marolles
    73. On tue au théâtre ce soir
    74. Puzzle mortel
    75. Code pour l'au-delà
    76. Dernier duel
    77. Ici, 77
    78. A la poursuite du griffon d'or

    In popular culture

    Ric Hochet is among the many Belgian comics characters to jokingly have a Brussels street named after them. The Galerie du Roi/ Koningsgalerij has a commemorative plaque with the name Rue Ric Hochet/ Rik Ringers Straat placed under the actual street sign.[3]

    In 1994, as part of the Brussels' Comic Book Route, a wall was designed in the Rue du Bon Secours/ Bijstandsstraat in Brussels. The wall was designed by G. Oreopoulos and D. Vandegeerde.

    Sources

    Footnotes

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: BDoubliées. Tintin année 1955. French.
    2. Selon Duchâteau, Ric Hochet, comment tout a commencé » (Rich Hochet: How It All Began), in La Collection Ric Hochet (The Ric Hochet Collection) #1, Hachette, 2012, p. 66.
    3. Web site: EBru | Bruxelles Capitale de la Bande Dessinée (BD) - Noms de rue.

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