Philippe Liégeois (born 8 July 1947) is a Belgian

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. He is best known by his pen name Turk. He is the co-author of numerous

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, including '' Colonel Clifton'', ''

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'' and '' Robin Dubois''. His usual writer for all three series is

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, and the duo "Turk & De Groot" has been very successful.Philippe Liégeois
at

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's Comiclopedia

Biography

Liégeois was born in the city of

Durbuy Durbuy (; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. The total area is 156.61 km2, consisting of the following districts: Barvaux, Bende, Bomal, Borlon, Durbuy, Grandhan, Heyd, Izier, Septon ...

, Belgium. The house is now converted to a hotel-restaurant, with a small plaquette at the door denoting the birthplace. Philippe is a French-speaking Belgian, living in the

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near

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, Belgium.

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *'' Colonel Clifton'' (1970–1983) *''

'' (1976–present) *'' Robin Dubois''

Notes

References

Philippe Liégeois
at Bedetheque * *

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* Living people 1947 births People from Durbuy Belgian comics artists Belgian caricaturists Belgian humorists Tintin (magazine) people {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub