Edouard Paape (3 July 1920 – 12 May 2012), commonly known as Eddy Paape, was a

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best known for illustrating the series ''

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''.

Biography

Eddy Paape was born in

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(now a part of

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in 1920.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Eddy Paape". In België gestript, pp. 147-148. Tielt: Lannoo. He started his career as an

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, working from 1942 on at CBA, the same animation studio where a few years later he would be joined by future Belgian cartoonists

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, and

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). Paape soon left the studio to work as a cover artist and later a cartoonist for different magazines of publisher

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. He began working with famed Belgian cartoonist

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, first on his ambitious

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comic project ''Emmanuel''. He then succeeded

as illustrator of the detective series '' Valhardi'', published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. Paape illustrated the series from 1946 until 1954, working with famous European comics authors

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and

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. Paape became an artist for the

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, continuing to illustrate comics, mainly for ''Spirou''. World Press Syndicate was a Belgian syndicate, based on the model of American syndicates like

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, and its main authors were writer Charlier and artist

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. Paape assisted them on their series ''

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'' and the pirate biography '' Surcouf''. For many years, the style of Paape would be a clear mixture of the influence of Jijé and Hubinon. In 1958 Paape created ''

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'', a series written by Charlier. Paape's best-known collaboration began in 1966, when he created the ''

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''-like science fiction series ''

'' with

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. This series, published in ''

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'' magazine, became very popular and ran through 18 adventures. In 1969 Paape began teaching draughtsmanship for comics at the

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art school in Brussels, where he remained until 1976.

Selected bibliography

*''Valhardi'' (Jean-Michel Charlier and Yvan Delporte, 1946), 4 albums,

*''Marc Dacier'' (Charlier, 1958): 13 albums, Dupuis *''Luc Orient'' (Greg, 1966): 18 albums,

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*''Jeux de Toah'' (Torah Game) (

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, 1969) *''Tommy Banco'' (Greg, 1970): 2 albums, Le Lombard *''Yorik des Tempêtes'' (Yorik of the Storms) (Duchâteau, 1971): 1 album, Le Lombard *''Les Jardins de la Peur'' (The Gardens of Fear) (

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and Sohier, 1988): 1 album,

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*''Carol Détective'' (Duchâteau, 1990): 2 albums, Le Lombard *''Johnny Congo'' (Greg, 1992): 2 albums, Lefrancq *''

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'' (after

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, 1996): 1 album, Talent

Sources

Eddy Paape publications in ''Spirou''
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External links

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