Le gorille a bonne mine

Spirou et Fantasio #11
Le gorille a bonne mine
Cover of the Belgian edition
Date1959
SeriesSpirou et Fantasio
PublisherDupuis
Creative team
WritersFranquin
ArtistsFranquin
Original publication
Published inSpirou magazine
Issues
  1. 944 - #966
    #1023 - #1033
Date of publication1956
1957-1958
LanguageFrench
ISBN2-8001-0013-3
Chronology
Preceded byLes pirates du silence, 1958
Followed byLe nid des Marsupilamis, 1960

Le gorille a bonne mine, written and drawn by Franquin, is the eleventh album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story and Vacances sans histoires (A Quiet Holiday), were serialised in Spirou magazine, before the hardcover album release in 1959.

The title literally means roughly The Gorilla's in Good Shape, but the title is also a pun on the "mine d'or" ("goldmine") which appears in the story.

When Egmont (on its imprint "Euro Books") published this album in English for the Indian market, it was given the title "The Gorilla Gold Adventure".