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Van Hamme

Birth name Jean Van Hamme
Born January 16, 1939 (1939-01-16) (age 69)
Brussels, Belgium
Nationality Belgian
Area(s) writer
Notable works Story without hero, Thorgal
XIII
Largo Winch
Awards full list

Jean Van Hamme (born January 16, 1939) is a Belgian novelist and scenario writer of comic books. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Thorgal is a Belgian comic book series by the Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński Largo Winch is a Belgian Comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative He has written scenarios for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including Story without hero, Thorgal, XIII and Largo Winch. Franco-Belgian comics are Comics that are created in Belgium and France. Thorgal is a Belgian comic book series by the Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński Largo Winch is a Belgian Comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis.

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Biography

Jean Van Hamme was born in Brussels in 1939. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is [1] After having studied business administration at the Solvay Business School, he worked as a journalist and in the marketing department of Philips. Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV ( Royal Philips Electronics Inc. In the meantime, he started writing, and a first scenario was adapted by Paul Cuvelier in 1968. Paul Cuvelier ( November 22, 1923 - July 5, 1978) was a Belgian Comics artist best known for the comic series In 1976, he became a full time writer, and in the next years he published seven novels and some movie scripts, e. g. for Diva. Diva is a 1981 film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from a novel of the same name by Daniel Odier (under the pseudonym Delacorta But his main breakthrough came in 1977, when he created the Viking hero Thorgal for Grzegorz Rosiński, a relatively unknown Polish comic artist. A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Thorgal is a Belgian comic book series by the Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński Grzegorz Rosiński (born August 3, 1941) is a Polish - Belgian comic book artist The mix of medieval legends and heroic fantasy soon became a huge success in the comics magazine Tintin, with major awards following soon. Heroic fantasy is a sub-genre of Fantasy literature which chronicles the tales of heroes and their conquests in imaginary lands Belgium and France have a long tradition in Comics. They have a common history for comics (see Franco-Belgian comics) and magazines Le journal de Tintin (in its French-speaking version Kuifje ( Dutch-speaking version was a weekly Belgian comics magazine

In the next decade, Jean Van Hamme created two new bestselling series, XIII (inspired by Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity) with William Vance and Largo Winch (based on his own novels) with Philippe Francq. The Bourne Identity is a 1980 Spy fiction thriller novel by Robert Ludlum about a retrograde amnesiac who must discover who he is and William Vance, the pen name of William van Cutsem, born August 9, 1935, is a Belgian Comics artist  widely known throughout a long Philippe Francq ( December 13 1961) is a Belgian Comic book artist, best known for the series Largo Winch. Other series like Les maîtres de l'orge and Chninkel have received more critical acclaim but lower sales.

The fame of Van Hamme as one of the major comic authors of Europe is quite established. [1] The artists he works with draw the characters in a realistic style, even if the stories themselves tend to verge towards fantasy.

Les maîtres de l'orge and Largo Winch have both been made into a TV series, and XIII and again Largo Winch were the basis for computer games. Largo Winch is a Television program based on the Belgian comic book series of the same name by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme XIII (pronounced Thirteen) is a First-person shooter video game released for PlayStation 2, GameCube, Largo Winch Empire Under Threat is a Video game of the action-adventure genre released in 2002 by Dupuis.

After the death of Edgar Pierre Jacobs, when the last unfinished story of Blake and Mortimer was completed by Bob de Moor, the editor asked Van Hamme to write new stories. Edgard Félix Pierre Jacobs, ( March 30, 1904 - February 20, 1987) better known under his Pen name Edgar P Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and Comics artist Edgar P Bob de Moor is the Pen name of Robert Frans Marie De Moor ( Antwerp, December 20, 1925 - Brussels, August 26, The first one, The Francis Blake Affair, appeared in 1996 and was a huge success, and Van Hamme has since created two more Blake and Mortimer stories.

In 2002, Jean Van Hamme announced his intention to write fewer comics, and to concentrate more on theatre and film scripts, but seems to have changed his mind again and has since created two new stories. He seems to have abandoned two of his most successful series, Thorgal and XIII, although he does not oppose other authors from continuing the series. He has also announced his intention to create a spin-off series of Thorgal, focusing on his son Jolan.

Van Hamme is one of the best selling European comics writers, with many of his series in the best selling lists each year. In 2006, the latest Thorgal placed fifth in the French list with 280,000 copies published, while Lady S. , with Philippe Aymond, had 90,000 copies. [2] In 2005, XIII and Largo Winch shared the fourth place with 500,000 copies each. [3]

Bibliography

Awards

- nominated for Best Long Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards, Spain
- nominated for Best Long Comic Strip and Best Short Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards
- nominated for Best Long Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards
- nominated for Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
- nominated for Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
- nominated for the Audience Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
- nominated for the Grand Prix Saint-Michel and for Best Comic (Dutch language) at the Prix Saint-Michel
- nominated for Favourite European Comic at the Eagle Awards, United Kingdom

References

  1. ^ a b De Weyer, Geert (2005). Dupuis is a Belgian publisher of Comic books and magazines Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in the early 1930s Largo Winch is a Belgian Comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis. Philippe Francq ( December 13 1961) is a Belgian Comic book artist, best known for the series Largo Winch. Glénat is a French publisher The company publishes many things including Comic books ( René Follet 's Ikar) and Manga in Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and Comics artist Edgar P Ted Benoît (born 1947 was a prominent figure in the Ligne claire comics scene in the 1980s The Prix Saint-Michel is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels. This Prize Awarded by the Audience is awarded to comics authors at the Angoulême International Comics Festival since 1989 Angoulême International Comics Festival ( French: Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême) is the main comics festival in Europe This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Haxtur Award ( Premios Haxtur) is a Spanish award for Comics published in Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. This media award was presented at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. The Max & Moritz Prize is a prize for Comic books Comic strips and other similar materials which has been awarded at each of the biennial International Comics Shows Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located "Jean Van Hamme". In België gestript, pp. 187-189. Tielt: Lannoo.
  2. ^ Ratier, Gilles. ACBD bilan 2006. ACBD. fr. Retrieved on 2007-02-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
  3. ^ Ratier, Gilles. ACBD bilan 2005. ACBD. fr. Retrieved on 2007-02-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
  4. ^ Les nominés 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the

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