André Geerts (18 December 1955 – 27 July 2010) was a

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creator best known for his series ''Jojo''.

Biography

André Geerts was born in Brussels in 1955. He studied at the

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art school in Brussels. He started working for ''

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Jeunesse'' (the youth supplement of newspaper ''Le Soir'') in 1974, when he was only 18 years old, before joining the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. His success series ''Jojo'', about the small scale, real life but humoristic adventures of a boy of seven years old, started in 1983, with on average one new album a year. ''Jojo'' was adapted to the animated television special '' Jojo: The Violet Mystery'' in 2000, and a series was under development. He also created later on ''Mademoiselle Louise'', about a girl of about the same age as Jojo, but who is extremely rich and lonely. Geerts died in 2010 from cancer.

Bibliography

*''Jojo'', 17 volumes, 1983–2010, Dupuis (volume 18 appears in October 2010) *''Monde cruel'', 2 volumes, 1985–1997, Dupuis *''Jabert contre l'adversité'', 1 volume, 1990, written by Pierre Le Gall, Delcourt *''Le Commissaire Martin'', 1995, 1 volume, Editions Point Image – JVDH *''Mademoiselle Louise'', 4 volumes, written by Sergio Salma, Casterman, later Dupuis

Awards

*1980:

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for best comical artist *1994: Oecumenic Jury Award at the

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for the first volume of ''Mademoiselle Louise'' *1997: Grand Prix of the city of

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for ''Monde Cruel'' *1998: Crayon d'or (Golden Pencil) of the city of Brussels, awarded by the Belgian Chamber of Comic Experts *2003: Grand prix of the city of Brussels, awarded at the festival of

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*2003: Prix Saint-Michel for best French language youth comic for ''Jojo'' *2007: Prize of the Young Readers at the Festival of

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for ''Jojo'' 16: ''Jojo vétérinaire'' *2007: nominated for the Prix Saint-Michel for best youth comic for ''Jojo'' 16: ''Jojo vétérinaire'' *2008: nominated for the Prix Saint-Michel for best youth comic for ''Jojo'' 17: ''Confisqué''

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on the author and the series ''Jojo'' from the 1994 exposition at the Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art {{DEFAULTSORT:Geerts, Andre 1955 births 2010 deaths Artists from Brussels Belgian comics artists Belgian comics writers Belgian humorists Spirou (magazine) people