Yoann Chivard (born 8 October 1971 in Alençon,

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. In January 2009, it was announced that Yoann and the comics writer

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would take over the responsibility for the ''

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'' comic strip. It had by then for a while been clear that

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had plans to replace

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and Munuera, the duo that had then for some years had the main responsibility for ''Spirou et Fantasio''. Yoann and Vehlmann had by then already created the first volume of '' Une aventure de Spirou et Fantasio par...''. Their first album in the regular series is announced for October 2009.ToutenBD
reports the new authors for Spirou (24 January 2009)

External links

Lambiek Comiclopedia.

References

1971 births Living people People from Alençon French cartoonists French comics artists {{Europe-comics-creator-stub