Paul Deliège (21 January 1931 – 7 July 2005) was a

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artist and writer of comics. He is most famous for his series ''

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''.

Biography

Deliège was born in Olne. He started in the daily ''

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'' with ''Père Bricole et Félicien et les Romanis''. In 1959, he got into éditions

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where he launched ''les aventures de Théophile et Philibert'' with Vicq. at the start of the 1960s, he was the principal creator of the ''Mini-récits'' (mini-stories) in the magazine Spirou, where he created ''

'', his best-known hero. The series '' Les Krostons'', about three green imps and their unsuccessful attempts to take over the world, (with Piroton) and ''Le trou du souffleur'' (The souffleur's hole) followed shortly. Deliège was also writer for the series ''Sam et l'Ours'' (Sam and the bear, drawn by Lagas) and some stories of ''Sybilline'' (drawn by Macherot). ''The Krostons'' is being made into a

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of the same name. Deliège died of a

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in 2005.

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References

Paul Deliège
at Bedetheque

at BD Oubliées

at Lambiek's Comiclopedia * *

External links

Les Krostons
at BD Oubliées
Le blog des Krostons

Krostons film site

Interviews

Auracan {{DEFAULTSORT:Deliege, Paul 1931 births 2005 deaths Belgian comics writers Belgian comics artists Belgian humorists People from Olne