Bublik Bublik Bublik (also "booblik" or "bublyk"; plural "bubliki"; , Russian and , , ) is a traditional Central and Eastern European bread roll. It is very similar to a bagel, but somewhat bigger and has a wider hole. Bubliks often also have a much denser and 'chewier' texture than bagels. The bublik has been hypothesized to be the progenitor of the bagel. Bubliks are members of a class of bread products made from dough that has been boiled before baking, which also includes bagels, baranki, sushki, and other similar breads. In Russian and Ukrainian, "baranka" is often used as a
Boule et Bill were first published by Dupuis, then from 1988 by Dargaud. Cinebook has published three books in English, with "Boule and Bill" renamed "Billy and Buddy", respectively. "Boule et Bill" is among the best-selling French-language comics, with 300,000 copies for the new album by Verron in 2009. In 2013 a Belgian-French-Luxembourgian film was released, "Boule et Bill", based on the comics. It stars Franck Dubosc as the father, Marina Foïs as the mother, and Charles Crombez as Bill. It received bad reviews, but was commercially successful enough to warrant a sequel "Boule et Bill 2", released in 2017. Four animated television