Yves Duval was a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 comics

Comics

Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...

 author who mainly worked for Tintin magazine

Tintin (magazine)

Le journal de Tintin or Kuifje , was a weekly Belgian comics magazine of the second half of the 20th century...

, but also wrote comics, stories, and articles for other magazines.

Biography

Yves Duval was born in Etterbeek

Etterbeek

Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It neighbours the municipalities of the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Auderghem, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Schaerbeek....

. He started working for Tintin magazine when he was 16, writing short stories for a number of authors like Raymond Reding. He would eventually write about 1500 4-page true stories as Tintins reaction against L'oncle Paul

L'oncle Paul

Les Belles Histoires de l'oncle Paul, and later Les Plus Belles Histoires de l'oncle Paul, is a Belgian comics series of historical stories created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Eddy Paape and published in the comics magazine Le Journal de Spirou from 1951 to 1982.-Theme:The series consists of...

 which appeared in Spirou magazine

Spirou (magazine)

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

. Among the many artists who illustrated these comics are well-known names like Paul Cuvelier

Paul Cuvelier

Paul Cuvelier was a Belgian comics artist best known for the comic series Corentin, published by Le Lombard, which first appeared in the first issue of Tintin.-Biography:...

, Jean Graton

Jean Graton

Jean Graton is a comic book author and cartoonist of French nationality. Graton created the famous character Michel Vaillant and the eponymous series in 1957.-Biography:...

, René Follet

René Follet

René Follet , sometimes known by the pen name Ref, is a Belgian illustrator, comics writer and artist.-Biography:René Follet was born in Brussels in 1931. His first publication appeared when he was 14, illustrating a promotional issue of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island for Aiglon, a...

, Hermann

Hermann

Hermann or Herrmann is a German given name , and might refer to:-People:* Herrmann or Hermann der Cherusker, "Arminius", Germanic leader opposed to Roman conquest and victor of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest...

, Eddy Paape

Eddy Paape

Eddy Paape is a Franco-Belgian comics artist best known for illustrating the series Luc Orient.-Biography:Eddy Paape was born in Grivegnée , Belgium in 1920...

, Jean-Claude Servais, and Jo-El Azara.

His first longer comic was an adaptation of David Balfour

David Balfour

David Balfour may refer to:* David Balfour , Scottish-Danish shipbuilder, director of Bremerholm*David Balfour, the main character and narrator in the books Kidnapped and Catriona*An alternative title to Catriona...

 by Robert Louis Stephenson, with artwork by Jacques Laudy. He also wrote longer stories for Berck

Arthur Berckmans

Arthur Berckmans , better known as Berck, is a Belgian comics author, best known for Sammy.-Biography:Arthur Berckmans was born in Leuven in 1929. He studied drawing at the Art academy of Leuven and at the Saint Lucas Institute in Brussels. His first job as an illustrator was in 1948 for the...

, for whom he created the series Rataplan, Howard Flynn for William Vance

William Vance

William Vance, the pen name of William van Cutsem, born 8 September 1935, is a Belgian comics artist widely known throughout a long career for his distinctive style and work in Franco-Belgian comics.- Biography :...

, Johnny Goodbye for Dino Attanasio

Dino Attanasio

Dino Attanasio is an Italian author of humoristic comics.-Biography:Attanasio was born in Milan....

, Doc Silver for Liliane and Fred Funcken and many more.

He wrote his memoirs 55 ans de bulles in 2008, and died in 2009.

External links

• Biography at Lambiek
  Lambiek
  Lambiek is a comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded in 1968 by Kees Kousemaker .It has held exhibitions of art by comic creators, including Robert Crumb, Daniel Clowes, Erik Kriek, André Franquin, Tanino Liberatore and Chris Ware...
  
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