Philippe Vandevelde, working under the pseudonym Tome (24 February 1957 – 5 October 2019), was a Belgian comics writer. He was known for collaborations with Janry on ''

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'' and ''

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'', and with Luc Warnant and later Bruno Gazzotti on ''

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''. He also collaborated with

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on ''Berceuse assassine'', and with

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on ''Feux''. Earlier in his career he was an assistant-artist for

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Biography

Vandevelde was born in

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. An operation left him blind for a short while at the age of eight. His first experiences of comics were the ''

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'' story ''

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'' and '' Corentin'' read aloud to him. Under the pseudonyms "Phil" and "Tom", he published his first illustrations and comics for the school magazine ''Buck'' (made by

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) from 1972 to 1974. His first comic was a medieval parody ''Estrel, le troubadour''. Tome began his professional comics career in the studio of

, the author of ''

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'', where he met Janry who would become a long-time collaborator. After assisting Turk and De Groot on series such as '' Léonard'' and '' Clifton'', they began working at the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou'' in 1979, their first assignment being the games page ''Jeureka''. In 1980 they began work on their first ''

'' adventure, the iconic forty-year-old series of ''Spirou''. Previously created by a succession of authors including the famous

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, Tome and Janry were given the task in alternation with another creative team of Nic and Cauvin. Eventually assuming sole responsibility of the series, Tome and Janry continued creating stories until 1998, completing 14 albums, in addition to creating ''

'', a series about Spirou's youth, for which they made 14 albums since 1990.

Bibliography

*''Spirou et Fantasio'' *''Le Petit Spirou'' *''Soda'' *"Feux" *"Sur la Route de Selma" *"Berceuse Assassine" *"Les Minoukini" *"Le Gang Mazda"

Awards

* 1992: Humour Award and Youth Award (9–12 years) at the

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* 2000: nominated for Best German-language Comic for Children and Young People at the

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:: - nominated for the Best Scenario Award and the Youth Award (9–12 years) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival * 2002: nominated for Best International Writer at the Max & Moritz Prizes

Sources

Tome publications in ''Spirou''
BDoubliées

Bedetheque ;Footnotes

External links

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