Glénat can refer to:
Glénat Editions SA is a French publisher with its head office in Grenoble. The company publishes many things, including comic books and manga in France, Benelux, and in the past Spain; it was founded by Jacques Glénat. The Benelux subsidiary, Glénat Benelux N.V., is located in Brussels, Belgium. The Switzerland subsidiary, Glénat Editions (Suisse) SA, has its headquarters in Nyon. The Spanish subsidiary had its head office in Barcelona.
Jacques Glénat started his comics fanzine Schtroumpf (the French, original, title of The Smurfs) in 1969, when he was still a student. In 1972, only twenty years old, he established his own publishing house, Glénat. The first two books were by Claude Serre and by Claire Bretécher. Two years later, he already received the award for best publisher at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. To support the rapid growth, the company opened warehouses in Orly near Paris, and a flagship store in Paris.
A new comics magazine, Circus, first appeared in 1975 and existed until 1989. But the next few years saw Glénat move more away from the traditional juvenile Franco-Belgian comics and more towards the graphic novel, with an emphasis on their successful historical series by François Bourgeon and André Juillard. A second magazine, Vécu, dedicated to historical comics, was created in 1985 and survived until 2004.
Old men and young boys make the finest of friends
The old one speaks wisdom and the young comprehends
The ladies come later and life takes a turn
And the boy starts forgetting everything that he's learned
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Qua la linta la da day
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Qua la linta la da day
Hey ho lo lo lo hey ho lo lo lo
Tra la lista lay
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Qua la linta la da day
Good wine and women get better with age
It's a story book life and I'm a-turning the page
The good times are waiting and I'm on my way
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Hey qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Hey ho lo lo lo hey ho lo lo lo
Tra la lista lay
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Old man I miss you, I remember you well
You taught me that life was both heaven and hell
And life's what you make it, you can go either way
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Hey qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Hey ho lo lo lo hey ho lo lo lo
Tra la lista lay
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
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