Iznogoud
Sign in to saveIznogoud (; from "is no good" pronounced with a French accent) is a French comics series featuring an eponymous character, created by the comics writer René Goscinny and comics artist Jean Tabary. The comic series chronicles the life and times of Iznogoud, the Grand Vizier of the Caliphate of Baghdad at an undefined period. His greatest desire is to replace the Caliph, leading him to repeatedly utter the phrase "I want to be Caliph instead of the Caliph" (dethrone him), a phrase that has been adopted in French and some other European languages to characterize overly ambitious people. Iznogoud
Key facts
- Comic book title <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.image
- Iznogoud-comics series.svg
- Comic book title <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.caption
- Main character with the series logo
- Comic book title <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.publisher
- Dargaud, BD'Star, Éditions Tabary
- Comic book title <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.date
- 1962
- Comic book title <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.genre
- Adventure comics
- Comic book title <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.issues
- 32
- Comic book title <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.writers
- René Goscinny, Jean Tabary
- Comic book title <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.artists
- Jean Tabary, Nicolas Tabary, Elric
- Comic book title <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.creators
- René Goscinny
- Comic book title <! Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics >.ongoing
- Running
- Television.alt_name
- Saban's Iznogoud
- Television.genre
- Animated comedy
- Television.opentheme
- "Iznogoud" by Alain Garcia and Michel Dax
- Television.country
- France
- Television.language
- FrenchEnglish
- Television.num_seasons
- 1
- Television.num_episodes
- 52
- Television.runtime
- 11 minutes
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.iznogoud.com/bios
- Image
- Parc Galiffe-02-Iznogoud.jpg
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- title
- Iznogoud
- start time
- 1961-00-00
- end time
- 1995-11-16
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12 sectionsContents
- Publication history
- Synopsis
- Supporting characters
- Bibliography
- English translations
- Animated series
- Episodes
- References in society
- See also
- Footnotes
- Sources
- External links
Iznogoud (; from "is no good" pronounced with a French accent) is a French comics series featuring an eponymous character, created by the comics writer René Goscinny and comics artist Jean Tabary. The comic series chronicles the life and times of Iznogoud, the Grand Vizier of the Caliphate of Baghdad at an undefined period. His greatest desire is to replace the Caliph, leading him to repeatedly utter the phrase "I want to be Caliph instead of the Caliph" (dethrone him), a phrase that has been adopted in French and some other European languages to characterize overly ambitious people. Iznogoud is supported by his dimwitted yet faithful servant, Wa'at Alahf (from "what a laugh").
After the death of Goscinny in 1977 Tabary continued with writing the character. The stories have been translated into several languages, including English, and the title has been adapted to animated and live-action film.