François Walthéry is a Belgian

Belgium

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 comics artist

Comics artist

A comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.-Comic...

, best known for his series featuring an adventurous flight attendant

Flight attendant

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, Natacha

Natacha (comics)

Natacha is a Franco-Belgian comics series, created by François Walthéry and Gos. Drawn by Walthéry, its stories have been written by several authors including Gos, Peyo, Maurice Tillieux, Raoul Cauvin and Marc Wasterlain. It was first published in the comics magazine Spirou on February 26, 1970...

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Biography

Walthéry began his career in 1962 during studies at the Institut Saint-Luc in Liège, when he collaborated with scenario writer Mittéï to create his first comic, Pipo. The following year, Walthéry started working for Peyo

Peyo

Pierre Culliford , known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist, perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs comic strip.-Biography:...

, assisting on The Smurfs

The Smurfs (comics)

The Smurfs are a Belgian comic series, created by cartoonist Peyo . The fictional characters of the Smurfs first appeared in Johan and Peewit in 1958, and the first independent Smurf comics appeared in 1959. Twenty-nine Smurf comic albums have been created, 16 of them by Peyo...

, Johan et Pirlouit and Benoît Brisefer. Eventually he assumed creative responsibility of the series Jacky et Célestin, taking over from Will

Will (comics)

Willy Maltaite known by the pseudonym Will, was a comics creator and comics artist in the Franco-Belgian tradition...

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He started his best known work series in 1967, working with a script by Gos to create Natacha. Several years in the making, the series did not make its debut until 26 February 1970, in the comics magazine

Franco-Belgian comics magazines

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 Spirou

Spirou (magazine)

Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...

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Partial bibliography

• Natacha

1. Natacha, hôtesse de l'air (written by Gos), Dupuis
   Dupuis
   Éditions Dupuis S.A. is a Belgian publisher of comic books and magazines.Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis, and is mostly famous for its comic albums and magazines. It is originally a French language publisher, but publishes many editions both in French...
   
   , 1971.
2. Natacha et le Maharadjah (written by Gos), Dupuis, 1972.
3. La mémoire de métal (written by Étienne Borgers), Dupuis, 1974. Also contains Un brin de panique (written by Marc Wasterlain)
4. Un Trône pour Natacha (written by Maurice Tillieux
   Maurice Tillieux
   Maurice Tillieux was a Belgian writer and comic artist. He is regarded by many as a major figure of post-war Belgian comics.-Early life:...
   
   ), Dupuis, 1975.
5. Double vol, (written by Mittéï and Walthéry, Dupuis), 1976. Also contains L'étoile du berger (written by Gos) and Un tour de passe-passe (written by Lemasque).
6. Le treizième apôtre (written by Maurice Tillieux), Dupuis, 1978.
7. L'hôtesse et Mona Lisa (written by Mittéï, additional art by Pierre Seron
   Pierre Seron
   Pierre Seron is a Belgian comic book artist born in Chênée on 9 February 1942.-Biography:He spent the first few years of his life in Liège then followed the work transfers of his father, an engineer, to Montreal, Canada, Libourne, France, the Bordeaux region, Givet in the Ardennes region and then...
   
   ), Dupuis, 1979. Also contains Natacha et les petits miquets (written by Walthéry and Mittéï).
8. Instantanés pour Caltech (written by Étienne Borgers, additional art by Jidéhem
   Jidéhem
   Jean De Mesmaeker known by the pseudonym Jidéhem, is a Belgian comics artist in the Marcinelle school tradition. A creator of his own series Sophie, and Ginger, and noted for his work with Starter and Uhu-man, he is perhaps best known for his collaborations and assistance to the work of André...
   
   ), Dupuis, 1981.
9. Les machines incertaines (written by Étienne Borgers, additional art by Jidéhem), Dupuis, 1983.
10. L'ile d'outre-monde (written by Marc Wasterlain, additional art by Will
    Will (comics)
    Willy Maltaite known by the pseudonym Will, was a comics creator and comics artist in the Franco-Belgian tradition...
    
    ), Dupuis, 1984.
11. Le grand pari (written by Mittéï, additional art by Laudec), Dupuis, 1985.
12. Les culottes de fer (written by Mittéï, additional art by Laudec), Dupuis, 1986.
13. Les nomades du ciel (written by Raoul Cauvin
    Raoul Cauvin
    Raoul Cauvin is a Belgian comics author and one of the most popular in the humorist field.-Biography:Raoul Cauvin was born in Antoing, Belgium in 1938. He studied lithography at the Institut Saint-Luc in Tournai, but upon leaving school found that there no jobs available for lithographers...
    
    , additional art by Laudec), Dupuis, 1988.
14. Cauchemirage (written by Mythic, additional art by Mittéï), Marsu Productions
    Marsu Productions
    Marsu Productions, or simply Marsu, is a publishing house and licensing and merchandising company located in Monaco, managing Franco-Belgian comics characters and copyright concerns, chiefly from the comics universe of André Franquin...
    
    , 1989.
15. La ceinture du Cherchemidi (written by Peyo, additional art by Mittéï), Marsu Productions, 1992.
16. L'ange blond (written by Maurice Tillieux, additional art by Georges Van Linthout), Marsu Productions, 1994.
17. La veuve noire (written by Michel Dusart, additional art by Georges Van Linthout), Marsu Productions, 1997.
18. Natacha et les dinosaures (written by Marc Wasterlain), Marsu Productions, 1998.

• Le Vieux Bleu (written by Raoul Cauvin
  Raoul Cauvin
  Raoul Cauvin is a Belgian comics author and one of the most popular in the humorist field.-Biography:Raoul Cauvin was born in Antoing, Belgium in 1938. He studied lithography at the Institut Saint-Luc in Tournai, but upon leaving school found that there no jobs available for lithographers...
  
  ), Dupuis, 1980 translated in Walloon
  Walloon language
  Walloon is a Romance language which was spoken as a primary language in large portions of the Walloon Region of Belgium and some villages of Northern France until the middle of the 20th century. It belongs to the langue d'oïl language family, whose most prominent member is the French language...
  
   under the title Li vî Bleû

• Le p'tit bout d'chique

1. Le p'tit bout d'chique, Marsu Productions, 1989
2. Bout à bout (written by Serdu), Marsu Productions, 1992

• Rubine

1. Les mémoires troubles (written by Mythic), Le Lombard, 1993
2. Fenêtre sur rue (written by Mythic), Le Lombard, 1994
3. Le second témoin (written by Mythic), Le Lombard, 1995
   ...later continued by other artists.

Sources

• François Walthéry publications in Spirou BDoubliées
• François Walthéry albums Bedetheque

Footnotes

External links

• Walthery official site
• François Walthéry biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
• François Walthéry biography on Dupuis