Pierre Seron (9 February 1942 – 24 May 2017) was a
Belgian
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comic book
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artist.
Biography
He spent the first few years of his life in Liège then followed the work transfers of his father, an engineer, to
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada,
Libourne, France, the
Bordeaux
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region,
Givet
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in the Ardennes region and then returned to Liège, where Seron began his studies at the Saint-Luc school.
Seron started in the comics industry as an assistant designer to
Dino Attanasio
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Biography
Attanasio was born in Milan.
After studies at the Academy of Arts of Milan, Dino Attanasio started to work in illustration and animation in ...
and
Mittéï under the pseudonym Foal, working on series such as
André Franquin
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's ''
Modeste et Pompon''. Launching his own work, the series ''
Les Petits Hommes'' (''The Little Men''), initially in collaboration with journalist Albert Despréchins, began serial publication in ''
Spirou'' magazine on 7 September 1967, a run continuing into 2004. Revisiting the pseudonym Fohal, he created the series ''La Famille Fohal'' which was published in ''
Pif gadget
''Pif Gadget'' was a French comic magazine for children that ran from 1969 to 1993 and 2004 to 2009. Its readership peaked in the early 1970s.
Predecessors
''Pif'' has its origins in ''Le Jeune Patriote'', a youth magazine published by French Co ...
'' from 1973 to 1976, later published in albums under the name ''La Famille Martin''. His series ''Aurore et Ulysse'' (alternately known as ''Les Centaures'') started serial publication on 23 June 1977, also in ''Spirou''.
Prior to his death, Seron lived in the south of France, near
Nîmes, where he continued to work on his series, adding ''
Les Petites Femmes'' (''The Little Women'') aimed at the adult market.
His nephew
Frédéric Seron is also a comics author. Signing his work "Clarke", he is best known for writing ''
Mélusine''.
Partial bibliography
* ''Les Petits hommes'', 44 albums (1972–2010) ("The Little Men") – the adventures of a
Lilliput-like community of little people, but set in modern times.
* ''La famille Fohal'' (1973–1976) ("The Fohal Family") – the adventures of the Fohal family
* ''Les Centaures'', 6 albums (1982–1989) ("The Centaurs") – the stories of a
centaur couple in a mythical world.
* ''La Famille Martin'', 2 albums (1990–1993) ("The Martin Family") – book collection of ''La famille Fohal''
* ''Les Petites femmes'', 6 albums (1999–2009) ("The Little Women") – small,
pygmie
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-sized women who live on a tropical island – for adult readers!
References
Seron/Foal publications in Belgian ''Tintin''
an
BDoubliées
Bedetheque
Footnotes
External links
on Lambiek Comiclopedia
Pierre Seron biography
on Dupuis
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1942 births
2017 deaths
Belgian comics artists
Belgian comics writers
Belgian humorists
Artists from Liège