Jean Van Hamme
Jean Van Hamme (* 16th January 1939 in Brussels ) is a Belgian author of adventure novels and screenplays , and one of the most successful lyricist of comics in Europe. His commercially most important series include XIII and Largo Winch .
life and work
Van Hamme has a degree in finance and has worked in marketing for several companies. He wrote his first comic book scenario with the epoxy band drawn by Paul Cuvelier in 1968. This was followed by several comic series such as the fantasy series Thorgal and the three-part comic The great power of little Schninkel , both with the Polish artist Grzegorz Rosinski . From 1976 Van Hamme devoted himself exclusively to writing.
Between 1977 and 1984 Van Hamme published six novels about the protagonist Largo Winch , who was hailed as the French James Bond by the francophone specialist press . From the 1990s, Van Hamme first adapted the novels as comics together with the Belgian draftsman Philippe Francq and then developed independent stories for the series, which became a bestseller in France with a circulation of over 350,000 copies. The stories were adapted for a television series and two films, among other things.
From 1984 Van Hamme published the comic series XIII about an unnamed elite soldier together with the Belgian illustrator William Vance . This series was also adapted for television with XIII - The Conspiracy and XIII - The Conspiracy (television series) . There is also a video game called XIII that is due to be released as a remake in November 2019.
Comics (individual works)
- Histoire sans héros (German: Lost in the jungle or: Adventure without heroes ) and Vingt ans après (German: 20 years later ) (drawn by Dany )
- Epoxy (drawn by Paul Cuvelier )
- Lune de guerre (German: Blood Wedding) (drawn by Hermann )
- SOS bonheur (German: Das Verbotene Glück) (drawn by Griffo )
- Western (drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński )
- Le Téléscope (drawn by Teng )
Comic series
- The great power of little Schninkel (drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński )
- Mr Magellan (drawn by Géri )
- Domino (drawn by Greg )
- Michaël Logan (drawn by André Beautemps )
- Thorgal (drawn by Grzegorz Rosinski)
- XIII (drawn by William Vance )
- Largo Winch (drawn by Philippe Francq )
- Hops and malt (French: Les maîtres de l'orge ) (drawn by Francis Vallès )
- from the series Blake and Mortimer (created by Edgar P. Jacobs ) the episodes L'Affaire Francis Blake (German: The Francis Blake case) and Létrange Rendez-Vous (German: Unheimliche Treffen ) (both drawn by Ted Benoît ); the double volume La malédiction des trentes deniers (German: The curse of thirty dinars) (drawn by René Sterne, Chantal de Spiegeleer, Aubin Frechon )
- from the Corentin series (drawn by Paul Cuvelier ) the episodes Le prince des sables and Le royaume des eaux noires
- Tony Stark (drawn by Édouard Aidans )
- Wayne Shelton (drawn by Christian Denayer )
- Lady S. (drawn by Philippe Aymond )
- Joker (drawn by Dany )
- Rani (drawn by Francis Vallès )
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean Van Hamme in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jean Van Hamme | CARLSEN publishing house. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
- ↑ From: Peter Osteried: The French James Bond - "Largo Winch" - Comic.de. Retrieved September 29, 2019 (German).
- ↑ "With us, comics are part of our national culture". Tagesspiegel, November 12, 2009, accessed on September 29, 2019 .
- ↑ From: Christian Endres: More Bourne than Bond: XIII SAMMELBAND 1 - Comic.de. Retrieved September 29, 2019 (German).
- ↑ XIII: The Conspiracy. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
- ↑ The new Mystery Series XIII: The Series starts at Showcase. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Alexander König: XIII remake is coming soon. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Van Hamme, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian comic book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |