Daniel Kox (born 4 February 1952,

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cartoonist and comics artist, best known for his comics series ''

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''.

Biography

Early in his career, Kox worked as an assistant for

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. In 1970 began publishing ''Vladimir et Firmin'' (''Vladimir and Firmin''), a series of one-page strips about a forest ranger and a poacher which appeared in the Belgian comics monthly magazine Samedi-Jeunesse and in 1974, started working with Spirou magazine. In 1975, Kox and writer

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created ''

'', a humorous about a somewhat gaffe-prone policeman. This very successful series remains Kox' best known work and thirty volumes have been published by

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since 1981.

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