Artist · Belgium
“Honoré Delbouille”
Yvan Delporte.
Belgium, 1928 to 2007
Yvan Delporte (24 June 1928 to 5 March 2007) was a Belgian comics writer, and was editor-in-chief of Spirou magazine between 1955 and 1968 during a period considered by many the golden age of Franco-Belgian comics. He is credited with several creative contributions, among these his collaborations with Peyo on The Smurfs, with René Follet on Steve Severin (1/2) and André Franquin with the creation of Gaston Lagaffe and the co-authorship of Franquin's satirical comic Idées noires.
Biodata
- Born
- 1928, Saint-Gilles
- Died
- 2007, Brussels
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Active
- 1943 to 1963
- Work
- comics writer, editor-in-chief, editor
- Also known as
- Honoré Delbouille
Yvan Delporte, in numbers
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