L’évasion entre parenthèses : l’imaginaire du voyage dans la série Jani de Nicole Lapointe et Mariette Thibault

Abstract

Launched by the Jeunesse étudiante chrétienne (Young Christian Students) in 1957 as the women's counterpart to François magazine, Claire offers a mix of previously unpublished comic strips and revivals of European and American series. Two of the original Quebec titles that appeared in the magazine were Météore (published simultaneously in François) and Jani, hôtesse de l'air (Jani, stewardess), which shifted their focus from religious stories to adventure.

If we look at the longevity of these series, the publicity they received from Claire's editorial team and the documentary articles that accompanied them, we can see that their success was largely due to the interest in travel among female students. The spectacular development of commercial aviation in the 1950s offered the younger generation the promise of a world to discover. Our article will examine this imaginary world by looking at the role played by female characters. To do so, we will pay particular attention to the dialogue that Quebecois comic strip series maintain with the related content presented in Claire: editorial columns, serials, imported comic strips, etc.