Vincent Deporter is an international Belgian

Belgium

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 artist who works in both comics

Comics

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 and animation

Animation

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. Deporter got his start in comics working as an assistant to Jean Graton

Jean Graton

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, before selling his own strips, as Mike Deporter, to Spirou

Spirou (magazine)

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. More recently, after relocating to New York, he has worked on DC

DC Comics

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's line of comic book

Comic book

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s adapted from popular animated cartoons, like Scooby Doo and Ed, Edd n Eddy

Ed, Edd n Eddy

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, and has also inked

Inker

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 many of the Batman

Batman

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, and Superman

Superman

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 style-guides. He has and continues to work for Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

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, notably on SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants

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External links

• Vince Deporter official site
• Vincent Deporter biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
• Mike Deporter publications dans Le journal de Spirou BDoubliées