| Roger Leloup | |
 |
|
| Born | November 17, 1933 Verviers, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Area(s) | artist, writer |
| Notable works | Yoko Tsuno |
| Awards | full list |
Roger Leloup (born November 17, 1933) is a Belgian comic strip scenarist and writer of the series Yoko Tsuno and a former collaborator of Hergé. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Verviers is a Walloon City and municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. 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 Yoko Tsuno is a Comic book series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis and in Spirou Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist Yoko Tsuno is a Comic book series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis and in Spirou Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian
Contents |
Biography
Roger Leloup was born in Verviers, Belgium in 1933. Verviers is a Walloon City and municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. 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 [1] Fascinated by trains and planes since his youth, he studied Decoration and Publicity at the Institut Saint-Luc in Liège. Liège (ljɛːʒ Older English: Luick, Walloon: Lidje, German: Lüttich; Latin: Leodium, Dutch By accident, he came into contact with the Franco-Belgian comics scene when his neighbour, Jacques Martin, told him that he desperately needed a colourist. Franco-Belgian comics are Comics that are created in Belgium and France. Jacques Martin (born September 25, 1921 in Strasbourg) is a French writer and artist of Comics. Leloup got the job and started colouring the Alix album L'ïle maudite in 1950. Alix, or The Adventures of Alix, is a popular Franco-Belgian comics series drawn in the Ligne claire style by one its masters [1]
Jacques Martin was one of the main artists of the comics magazine Tintin, and when Hergé was looking for someone to help him with the drawings of vehicles for a series, Martin brought him in contact with Leloup. 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 Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian From February 15, 1953 on, Leloup worked for several years at the Hergé studios, where he drew detailed backgrounds and vehicles for the comics series The Adventures of Tintin. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 His work is seen in a wide variety of drawings, such as the Genève-Cointrin airport in The Calculus Affair and the design of the impressive Carreidas swing-wing supersonic business jet in Flight 714. Geneva Cointrin International Airport is an Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. The Calculus Affair ( French: L'Affaire Tournesol) is the eighteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic Flight 714 to Sydney, published for a time under the title Flight 714, first published in 1968, is the twenty-second of The Adventures [1]
Leloup worked for both Jacques Martin, with Alix and Lefranc, and for Hergé, but as the production at the Studios Hergé slowed down, and Leloup came into contact with other artists. He worked for a period with Francis, and also collaborated with Peyo on his less well-known series Jacky and Célestin. 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 Here, he created a Japanese female character that would later become the inspiration for his own series.
On December 31, 1969, Leloup left Studios Hergé to work fulltime on his own series, Yoko Tsuno, with a focus on technology and science fiction. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yoko Tsuno is a Comic book series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis and in Spirou The character Yoko Tsuno, a Japanese woman living in Brussels, is one of the leading examples of the female-fronted comics that appeared in the European juvenile magazines during this period. All Yoko Tsuno stories first appeared in Spirou and later as an album series published by editions Dupuis. Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics Dupuis is a Belgian publisher of Comic books and magazines Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in the early 1930s
Roger Leloup has also written two novels, including one featuring Yoko Tsuno:
- Le pic des ténèbres (1989)
- L'Écume de l'aube (1991)
He has an adopted Korean daughter, who inspired him to draw the character Morning Dew, the little Chinese girl from Le Dragon de Hong Kong, who was adopted by Yoko Tsuno. L'écume de l'aube ( The Foam of the Dawn) is a Novel written by Roger Leloup published in 1991 at Casterman, which Le Dragon de Hong Kong ( The Dragon of Hong Kong) is the sixtheenth book from Yoko Tsuno Comic book series written by Roger Leloup
Bibliography
- Yoko Tsuno, 1970– , 24 albums, Dupuis
Awards
- 1972, European SF special award for Belgian comics for Yoko Tsuno at the first Eurocon in Trieste, Italy[2]
- 1974: Prix Saint-Michel, Brussels, Belgium, for Best Comic
- 1990: Grand Prix de la Science Fiction Française, category "Youth", for his novel Le pic des ténèbres, France[3]
References
- Caluwaerts, Stephan and Taymans, André (2001). Yoko Tsuno is a Comic book series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis and in Spirou Dupuis is a Belgian publisher of Comic books and magazines Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in the early 1930s Eurocon is an annual Science fiction convention held in Europe. Trieste (Trieste Slovene and Croatian: Trst; German: Triest) is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Prix Saint-Michel is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. "Roger Leloup, à Propos de Yoko Tsuno". ISBN 2-930348-01-1
- Roger Leloup publications in Belgian Tintin, French Tintin and Spirou BDoubliées (French)
Footnotes
- ^ a b c De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Roger Leloup". In België gestript, pp. 136-137. Tielt: Lannoo.
- ^ Eurocon awards site
- ^ Winners of the Grand Prix de la SF (French)
External links
- Roger Leloup biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
- Roger Leloup biography Dupuis
- Roger Leloup biography BDparadisio (French)
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic