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Brussels' Comic Book Route
Brussels' Comic Book Route (or ''The comic strip route in Brussels'') is a path composed by several comic strip murals, which cover the walls of several buildings throughout the inner City of Brussels, as well as the neighborhoods of Laeken and Auderghem. The large comic strip murals depict scenes from various popular Belgian comics, for instance ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ''The Smurfs'', ''Lucky Luke'', ''Gaston'', ''Marsupilami'' and ''Gil Jourdan''. The project began in 1991 as an initiative of the local authorities of the City of Brussels in collaboration with the Belgian Comic Strip Center. Initially, the project only intended to embellish empty walls and gables of buildings in the city. It then became an opportunity to celebrate the rich comic book heritage of Brussels, which claims to be the capital of the "comic strip". Today, the Brussels' Comic Book Route offers more than 50 mural paintings, most of them located inside the ''Pentagon'' (as the city centre is often ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Mural Tintin, Hergé, Brussels (cropped)
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; ''fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, and ' have become increasingly common, while online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century. The history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoko Tsuno
''Yoko Tsuno'' is a comics album series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis in '' Spirou'' magazine since its debut in 1970. Through thirty volumes, the series tell the adventures of Yoko Tsuno, a female electrical engineer of Japanese origin surrounded by her close friends, Vic Video and Pol Pitron (see Yoko Tsuno characters). Their adventures bring them to, among other places, Belgium (Bruges), Germany, Scotland, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia and also into outer space. The stories are heavily technology driven, with concepts like robot dragons (''Le Dragon de Hong Kong''), suspended animation (''La Frontière de la vie''), time travel ('' La Spirale du temps'' and others), and even an alien species called the Vineans. Despite the often exotic settings and science-fiction plot lines, the stories generally remain realistic on the personal level between the characters and friendship, love and spirituality are some of the key themes of the series. The art i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Van Hamme
Jean, knight Van Hamme (born 16 January 1939) is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including ''Histoire sans héros'', ''Thorgal'', ''XIII'' and ''Largo Winch''. Biography Early years After studying business administration at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, he worked as a journalist and in the marketing department of Philips. In the meantime, he started writing, and one of his first scripts was adapted by Paul Cuvelier in 1968. This erotic comic named Epoxy was published by the controversial publisher Éric Losfeld, who prior to that also had published similarly themed comics like Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella and Robert Gigi's Scarlett Dream. In 1976, Van Hamme became a full-time writer, and in the next few years he published seven novels and some movie scripts, e.g. for ''Diva''. Thorgal, XIII and Largo Winch Van Hamme's main breakthrough came in 1977, when he created the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Vance
William van Cutsem (8 September 1935 – 14 May 2018), better known by his pen name William Vance, was a Belgian comics artist known for his distinctive realistic style and work in Franco-Belgian comics. Biography William van Cutsem was born in Anderlecht near Brussels in 1935. After his military service in 1955–1956, he studied for four years at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Originally from Flanders, he worked most of his life in France, and moved later to Santander, Spain. William Vance started drawing for the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Tintin (magazine), Tintin'' in 1962. After drawing complete real-life stories of four pages for a few years, he started work on his first series, ''Howard Flynn'', written by Yves Duval. Three albums followed, before he created other short-lived series such as the Western ''Ringo (comics), Ringo'' and ''Roderik''. His first success followed with the series about secret agent ''Bruno Brazil'', written by ''Tintin''s e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XIII (comics)
''XIII'' ("Thirteen") is a Belgian graphic novel series about an amnesiac who seeks to discover his past. It was created by writer Jean Van Hamme and artist William Vance. It is currently being written by Yves Sente and Youri Jigounov. The storyline of the first five volumes was adapted into a video game in 2003, also titled ''XIII'', which was released on several platforms. A Canadian television film based on the series, '' XIII: The Conspiracy'', was released in 2008. It was followed in 2011 by two seasons of a TV series, each 13 episodes, called '' XIII: The Series''. Volumes 1-5 The series begins with a amnesiac man awakening to find himself washed ashore in the East Coast. The only clues to his past are a tattoo of the Roman numerals "XIII" on his collarbone and a photo of himself with a woman, who is identified as Kim Rowland, widow of US Army captain Steve Rowland. Volumes 1 through 5 deal with "XIII" searching for his identity and past. He finds himself hunted by a contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dupuy And Berberian
Philippe Dupuy (born 12 December 1960, Sainte-Adresse) and Charles Berbérian (born 28 May 1959, Baghdad) are French cartoonists most famous for their series of Franco-Belgian comics albums featuring the character ''Monsieur Jean''. Their collaboration is notable as they share every aspect of creating their stories, from plot through layouts, pencils and inks, to the extent that it is impossible to detect who is responsible for what. But in 2003, they decided to again work on their own, and have since published solo material like ''Hanté'' by Dupuy in 2005. Bibliography * ''Le Petit Peintre'' (Magic Strip, 1985) * ''Chantal Thomas'' (Michel Lagarde, 1987) * ''Les Héros ne Meurent Jamais'' (L'Association, 1991) * ''Le Monde est Fou'' (À Suivre, 1997) — based on a script by Vincent Ravalec * ''Monsieur Jean 4: Vivons heureux sans avoir l'air'' (1999) * ''The Complete Universe of Dupuy-Berberian'' (Oog en Blik, 2006) Awards * 1989: Award for First Comic Book at the Angoulê ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Chaland
Yves Chaland (; 3 April 1957 – 18 July 1990) was a French cartoonist. During the 1980s, together with Luc Cornillon, Serge Clerc and Floc'h, he launched the ''Atomic style'', a stylish remake of the Marcinelle School in Franco-Belgian comics. Biography Chaland published his first strips in the fanzine ''Biblipop'' when he was 17. During his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Etienne, he created his own fanzine, ''L'Unité de Valeur'', in 1976, with Luc Cornillon. In 1978, he met writer/editor Jean-Pierre Dionnet, and they collaborated on features published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazines '' Métal Hurlant'' and ''Ah Nana''. These pastiches of 50s comics have been collected in the album ''Captivant''. He then created the characters of ''Bob Fish'', ''Adolphus Claar'', '' Freddy Lombard'', and ''Le Jeune Albert'', a scamp character living in the Marolles, a working-class area of Brussels. Yves Chaland, was approached to draw an adventure of ''Spirou et Fantas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dany (comics)
Dany, pseudonym for Daniel Henrotin (born 28 January 1943) is a Belgian comic book artist, best known for ''Olivier Rameau'' and '' Ça vous intéresse?''. Biography Daniel Henrotin was born in Marche-en-Famenne in 1943.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Dany". In België gestript, pp. 101–102. Tielt: Lannoo. After studying at the Art School of Liège, he started working as a comics artist in 1966, as an assistant for Mitteï, an artist working for ''Tintin'' magazine. Dany worked there for a year and then had to leave in order to do his military service. Afterwards, he started collaborating directly on ''Tintin'' magazine with illustrations and short stories, and worked in the studio of Greg, the editor-in-chief of the magazine. Greg wrote a poetic story about ''Olivier Rameau'' and the people of Dreamland, and it marked the debut of Dany's first successful and longest running series. Dreamland is very similar to the worlds of L. Frank Baum's '' Oz'' and Lewis Carroll's '' Alice'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé (; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of Franco-Belgian comics#Formats, comic albums which are considered one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. He was also responsible for two other well-known series, ''Quick & Flupke'' (1930–1940) and ''The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko'' (1936–1957). His works were executed in his distinct ''ligne claire'' drawing style. Born to a lower-middle-class family in Etterbeek, Brussels, Hergé began his career by contributing illustrations to Scouting magazines, developing his first comic series, ''The Adventures of Totor'', for ''Le Boy-Scout Belge'' in 1926. Working for the conservative Catholic newspaper ''Le Vingtième Siècle'', he created ''The Adventures of Tintin'' in 1929 on the advice of its edito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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