Gaston Lagaffe Statue, Place Verte, Charleroi

Gaston Lagaffe slouches in his green sweater and blue slippers on Charleroi's Place Verte, photographed a day after the statue was installed in September 2021. The full piece pairs Franquin's office slacker with his battered old Fiat, which this photo leaves out, and the project brought in staff from Dupuis, the publisher based in the city. It has had a rough life since, with a headlight torn off within a week and its head stolen in 2023 before police recovered it.