Luc Collin, best known by the pen name Batem (born 6 April 1960 in
Kamina,
Belgian Congo
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Colo ...
) is a
Belgian comics artist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and g ...
best known as the artist successor of
André Franquin of the series ''
Marsupilami''.
Biography
Collin started his career in the studio of colorist Vittorio Leonardo, and at S.E.P.P. (''Société d'Edition, de Presse et de Publicité''), a subsidiary company of
Dupuis that specialised on audiovisual adaptations of the characters that are the property of ''
Spirou'' magazine. Collin worked on several merchandising projects involving ''Shoe'', the ''Snorky'' and the ''Marsupilami''.
In 1987 Franquin asked him to do the artwork of ''Marsupilami''.
[ He has illustrated stories of the series since, starting with '']La Queue du Marsupilami
''La queue du Marsupilami'', written by Greg and drawn by Franquin and his collaborator Batem, is a comic album relating the adventures of the fictional character Marsupilami. This album is the number 1 in the series of Marsupilami albums, publi ...
'' (1987), initially working with Franquin himself and several writers, such as Greg, Yann, Fauche, Éric Adam and Dugomier. The most recent album, ''Red monster'' was published in 2008.
Bibliography
*'' Marsupilami'', 19 albums, with Greg, Yann, André Franquin (writer), and several other scenarists; Marsu Productions Marsu Productions, or simply Marsu, is a publishing house and licensing and merchandising company located in Monaco, managing Franco-Belgian comics characters and copyright concerns, chiefly from the comics universe of André Franquin. The name Ma ...
, 1987–2005.
* ''Sam Speed'' (as writer), with Stéphane Colman, MO/CDM and Madeline, La Sirène.
* ''Gaz à tous les étages'', 2003.
References
Batem bio
access BDbios brusselsbdtour.com
BDoubliées
Footnotes
External links
on Lambiek Comiclopedia
Batem bio
Marsupilami.com
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1960 births
Living people
Belgian comics artists