Marcel Denis
| Marcel Denis | |
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| Born | 15 February 1923 Monceau-sur-Sambre, Belgium |
| Died | 18 March 2002 (aged 79) Lobbes, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
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Notable works
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Tif et Tondu, Hultrasson |
Marcel Denis (15 February 1923 - 18 March 2002) was a French-speaking Belgian comics creator. He was the creator of the series Hultrasson and Les Frères Clips in Spirou magazine. He also made two episodes of Tif et Tondu. He was a part of the so-called Marcinelle School, influenced by Jijé and André Franquin.
Marcel Denis was born in Monceau-sur-Sambre in 1923. He studied drawing and painting in a private school in Monceau-sur-Sambre after he finished his secondary studies. Afterwards, during the Second World War, he started working in an office while creating comics in his free time.
Marcel Denis made his comics debut aged 17 in 1940 in Le Petit Vingtième with the scout story Pip. In 1947, he published Les Aventures du Professeur Vianrose for the weekly magazine L'Optimiste, and at the same time Les Aventures de Jim et Bill Blutterson détectives in Excelsior, a supplement to the magazine La Défense sociale. This series ran for three episodes: La Poudre silencieuse, La Fusée and Le Secret du Fellah.
From 1944 until 1952, he also created numerous illustrations for Belgian newspapers and magazines, including Le Moustique, Le Soir, Plein Jeu, La Libre Belgique and Pourquoi Pas?.
Marcel Denis started working for Dupuis in 1952 as a letterer. His work was mainly the reletterring of comics for Robbedoes, the Dutch translated version of the weekly comics magazine Spirou. Starting in 1954, he also contributed to the different publications of Dupuis as a layouter and illustrator in the artistic studio created by the artistic director Maurice Rosy, where he worked alongside Degotte, Deliège, Lambil, Jamic and Salvérius. Salvérius, the future artist for Les Tuniques bleues with Raoul Cauvin, had been hired by Dupuis thanks to Marcel Denis.
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