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Biography

Born Joseph Gillain in Gedinne, Namur, he completed various art studies (woodcraft, goldsmithing, drawing and painting) at the abbey of Maredsous. Gedinne is a Walloon Municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. List of Governors 1830 - 1834 Goswin de Stassart (Liberal 1834 - 1840 Joseph Lebeau (Liberal 1840 - 1847 Edouard Maredsous Abbey is a Benedictine monastery at Denée near Namur in Belgium. ^[1] In 1936, he created his first comics character, Jojo in the catholic newspaper Le Croisé. Jojo was heavily influenced by The Adventures of Tintin, but Jijé developed his own style gradually. The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi ^[1] Soon a second series followed, Blondin et Cirage, for the catholic youth magazine Petits Belges. Uitgeverij Averbode is a Belgian publisher of books comics and magazines ^[2] Jijé also made many illustrations for Walloon magazines. Wallonia, or Wallonie, (Wallonie Wallonien Wallonië Waloneye is the Meridional part of Belgium belonging to the Romance linguistic field

In 1939, he started to work for the new magazine Spirou, where he would produce the largest part of his oeuvre until the end of his life. Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics Because the magazine could not receive foreign drawings during the war, he drew most of the comics during that period. He took over the main series of Spirou et Fantasio from the Frenchman Rob-Vel: he added the sidekick Fantasio to the lone hero Spirou to get some comic relief in the series. Spirou et Fantasio ( Spirou and Fantasio) is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comic strips François Robert Velter ( February 9, 1909 &ndash April 27, 1991) known by his pen-name Rob-Vel, was a French Cartoonist In the following years, he created his own series Jean Valhardi and drew episodes of the American series published during the war, like Red Ryder and Superman, when due to the war the American pages could not reach the publisher. An American comic book is a small Magazine originating in the United States and containing a Narrative in the Comics form Red Ryder a popular American fictional Cowboy from the 1940s was created by Stephen Slesinger and drawn by artist Fred Harman. Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon ^[2]

His Catholic faith inspired biographies of Don Bosco and Christopher Columbus, as well as a gospel in comics form, Emmanuel. Saint John Bosco (born 'Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco' and known in English as Don Bosco ( August 16 1815 &ndash January 31 1888 Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer

After the war, he handed over his existing series to younger artists: André Franquin got Spirou et Fantasio, Eddy Paape Jean Valhardi and Victor Hubinon Blondin et Cirage. André Franquin ( January 3, 1924 &ndash January 5, 1997) was an influential Belgian Comics artist, whose best known Spirou et Fantasio ( Spirou and Fantasio) is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comic strips Eddy Paape (born on March 7, 1920 as Edouard Paape) is a Franco-Belgian Cartoonist best known for illustrating the series Victor Hubinon ( April 26, 1924 - January 8, 1979) was a Belgian Comic-book artist best known for the series

He also had a few young cartoonists living in with him in Waterloo, thus creating the so-called "School of Marcinelle": this included André Franquin, Morris, and Will. Waterloo (watəʀˈloː is a Walloon Municipality located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The term " Marcinelle school " (in French École de Marcinelle) refers to a group of Belgian cartoonists formed by Joseph Gillain ( Jijé) following Maurice de Bevere ( December 1, 1923 - July 16, 2001) better known as Morris, was a Belgian Cartoonist and the Willy Maltaite ( October 30, 1927, Anthée Belgium - February 18, 2000) known by the Pseudonym Will Other famous artists working in the style and influence of the School of Marcinelle include Peyo and Jean Roba. Pierre Culliford (25 June 1928 &ndash 24 December 1992 known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs Jean Roba ( July 28, 1930 - June 14, 2006) was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. Later students of Jijé, not really working in the Atom style or the School of Marcinelle, include Jean Giraud (aka Moebius), Jean-Claude Mézières and Guy Mouminoux. Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. Jean-Claude Mézières (born 23 September 1938 is a French Comic strip artist and illustrator

Blondin, Cirage, Prof. Labarbousse and guest star "Marsupilami Africanis" in Les soucoupes volantes (1954)

In the 1950s, he drew new adventures of Jean Valhardi and Blondin et Cirage, while starting a new series, the western Jerry Spring. Marsupilami is a Fictional Comic book animal created by André Franquin, first published on January 31, 1952 in the He also drew a biography of Baden-Powell. In the mid-1960s, he took over the artwork of Tanguy et Laverdure from Albert Uderzo and Redbeard from Victor Hubinon, both in the magazine Pilote. Les Aventures de Tanguy et Laverdure is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo, about the two pilots Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927) is a French Comic book artist and scriptwriter. Redbeard ( French: Barbe-Rouge) is a series of Belgian Comic books, originally published in French, created by writer Victor Hubinon ( April 26, 1924 - January 8, 1979) was a Belgian Comic-book artist best known for the series Pilote was a French cartoon periodical published from 1959 to 1989 ^[1]

He died at Versailles after a prolonged illness. Versailles (vɛʀsaj in French) formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important

Style and appreciation

Jijé is one of the few European artists to have made both realistic comics and caricatural ones. After starting in a Hergé-like Ligne claire style, he went on to create his own distinctive style,^[1]

Bibliography

Cover of Jerry Spring #1 (1955)

• Jojo, 1936-1937, 2 albums
• Blondin et Cirage, 1939-1956, 8 albums
• Freddy Fred, 1939, 1 album
• Trinet et Trinette, 1939, 1 album
• Spirou et Fantasio, 1940-1950, 2 albums and some short stories
• Jean Valhardi, 1941-1966, 11 albums
• Don Bosco, 1943, 1 album (redrawn version 1950)
• Christophe Colomb, 1946, 1 album
• Emmanuel, 1947, 1 album
• Baden Powell, 1950, 1 album
• Jerry Spring, 1954-1980, 21 albums
• Blanc Casque, 1954, 1 album
• Bernadette Soubirous, 1958, 1 album
• Charles De Foucauld, 1959, 1 album
• Docteur Gladstone, 1964, 1 album
• Tanguy and Laverdure, 1971-1980, 10 albums
• Redbeard, 1979-1980, 2 albums

Awards

• 1975: Grand Prix Saint-Michel of the city of Brussels, Belgium
• 1976: Stripschapprijs, The Netherlands
• 1977: Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême, France

Sources

Footnotes

External links

• Jijé official site (French)
• Jijé biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
• Jijé biography on BDparadisio (French)