Jean Graton created a series of comic books called Michel Vaillant, and its motorsports hero bore the same name. Michel Vaillant made his first appearance in 1957 in the weekly Tintin. Young French boys who loved adventure, sports and car racing greeted this publication with great enthusiasm. We studied the first series of Michel Vaillant, composed of 16 comic books produced in the 1960s. We have departed from traditional approaches and have based our method on the analysis of the sources of Graton's inspiration. We link these sources to the comics' text bubbles, visual signs and iconic meanings of the drawings. Our analysis of the comics' iconography based on the establishment of a mass culture dedicated to the automobile brings to light the existence of an urge to go beyond the limits of tradition. Our research highlights that the success of Michel Vaillant is due, in the main, to the series' detailed knowledge of the automobile sports industry, and to the myths of speed, youth and progress that it promulgatesmyths in which its young male readers could see themselves reflected and which would also prepare them for the future.

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ResumenEl impacto social del fútbol en nuestros días es innegable, y la representación de un país a través de su selección se convierte en cuestión de Estado; en torno al equipo nacional se forma un discurso que refuerza las virtudes integradoras del deporte pero también cuestiona las dinámicas de identidad, patriotismo y prejuicio. Se ha tomado como ejemplo a la selección francesa de fútbol, caracterizada por una diversidad social y cultural fruto de su historia reciente. Se analizarán cuatro hechos que han configurado su evolución en la repercusión social de la opinión pública francesa, a saber: la victoria en el Mundial de 1998, el partido Francia-argelia de 2001, la huelga de jugadores en el Mundial de 2010, y el caso de las cuotas raciales en 2011. a través de la prensa generalista (Le Monde) como deportiva (L'Équipe), se analizará este discurso en torno a la selección de fútbol, haciendo hincapié en el papel protagonista de los medios dentro de la propia noticia.Palabras clave: Fútbol; inmigración; Francia; prensa; identidad. Sport and immigration. Media coverage and social impact of the France national soccer teamAbstract Today, the social impact of football is undeniable, and the representation of a country through its team becomes a State matter; a discourse around the national team is raised, whether to reinforce the integrative virtues of sport or to query the dynamics of identity, patriotism and prejudice. The French national football team has been taken as example, characterized by a social and cultural diversity as a result of its recent history. Four events that have shaped its evolution in the social impact of French public opinion will be analyzed: the 1998 World Cup victory, the match France-algeria in 2001, the players' strike in the 2010 World Cup, and the case of racial quotas in 2011. Through the mainstream (Le Monde) and sports (L'Équipe) press, it will be analyzed the discourse around the football team, emphasizing the role of media within the news itself.