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Le Soir 31-12-2000

Le Soir 31-12-2000

Publication year2000 AD
Used techniqueOffset printing,
PublisherLe Soir
Printer
Height74,9 cm
Width59,7 cm
Papernewspaper
Edition,
CommentsThe Belgium newspaper Le Soir had a special cover around the last edition of 2000. The cover was made by François Schuiten. The image shows the thirty key characters of the century. The image was again used in the Les Portes du Possible album in 2005.

The thirty key characters of the century

Le Soir 31-12-2000

1. Les esclaves de métal (the metal slave) 2. La “der des ders” (the “der des ders 1)) 3. Des fidèles égarés (the faithful misguided) 4. Tintin au Congo (Tintin in Congo) 5. L'apocalyse d'Hiroshima (The apocalypse of Hiroshima) 6. Les rites génocidaires (Genocidal rites) 7. Malbouffe de science-fiction (Junk science fiction) 8. L'utopie de la fraternité (The utopia of brotherhood) 9. On a marché sur la Lune (we walked on the Moon) 10. Le bourbier du Vietnam (The swamp of Vietnam) 11. Le sport spectacle (Spectator sport) 12. All you need is love 13. Le bébé-éprouvette (The test-tube baby) 14. Mauvais génie de la guerre (Evil genius of war) 15. Le mythe automobile (The car myth) 16. Ces sacrés fous volants (These sacred flying fools) 17. Le serinque des drogues dures (The serinque hard drugs) 18. Etre une femme libérée (Being a liberated woman) 19. Vivre dans un monde métissé (Living in a crossbred world) 20. La révolution informatique (The information revolution) 21. Profession: artiste (Occupation: Artist) 22. Les tueurs du Brabant (The killers of Brabant) 23. Le Titanic (The Titanic) 24. Génération internet (Internet generation) 25. L'éloge de la ride (Praise for the ride) 26. La course à l'argent (The race for money) 27. Le consentement mutuel (Mutual consent) 28. Les musiques du monde (World music) 29. Dolly 30. Les cités du future (Cities of the future)