Franco-Belgian comics (; ) are
comics that are created for a
Belgian and
French audience. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as
BDs, an abbreviation of
bandes dessinées (literally
drawn strips) in
French and
stripverhalen (literally
strip stories) in
Dutch.
Flemish Belgian comic books (originally written in
Dutch) are influenced by francophone comics, yet have a distinctly different style.