Jean De Mesmaeker (21 December 1935 – 30 April 2017) known by the
pseudonym
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Jidéhem ("JDM"), was 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 ...
in the
Marcinelle school tradition. He was best known for his series featuring a cute, playful and adventurous young girl, ''
Sophie
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...
''. A creator of his own series ''
Sophie
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...
'', and ''Ginger'', and noted for his work with ''Starter'' and ''Uhu-man'', he is known for his collaborations and assistance to the work of
André Franquin during a long career at the
Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''
Spirou'', working on ''
Spirou et Fantasio'' and ''
Gaston Lagaffe'', on which he shared co-authorship for several years.
Sources
Jidéhem publications in ''Spirou''BDoubliées
;Footnotes
External links
on Lambiek Comiclopedia
Jidéhem profileon Dupuis
Jidéhem Biographyon bédétheque
1935 births
2017 deaths
Belgian comics artists
Belgian humorists
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