Maurice Rosy

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Maurice Rosy (born November 17, 1927 in Fontaine-l'Évêque , † February 23, 2013 in Paris ) was a Belgian comic book author .

life and work

In 1954 he began his career as a comic book writer and “idea generator” for the Dupuis publishing house , where he rose to the position of artistic director of Spirou magazine within two years . Together with editor-in-chief Yvan Delporte, he was largely responsible for the success of the magazine in the 1950s and 1960s. In the early 1970s, he decided to hand over responsibility for Spirou to younger hands and left Dupuis to pursue a new career in Paris as a copywriter and illustrator. During Rosy's leadership activity, among other things, "mini-stories" were established, to which he contributed in 1959 with the first scenario by Jean Robas Boule et Bill . Rosy was previously co-author of the Spirou and Fantasio adventures Champignons for the dictator and deep sleep for the whole city , written together with André Franquin . He was also the author of a Jerry Spring Adventure for Jijé . The eternal prisoner Bobo was created in collaboration with the draftsman Paul Deliège . In addition, in 1967 Rosy created the talking dog Attila , drawn by Derib . For the series Tif et Tondu drawn by Will , Rosy wrote numerous scenarios and also invented the permanent antagonist Choc (German: shock). In addition, he wrote some episodes of the short comic stories drawn by Bara in the Max l'Explorateur series (German Max ; appeared in Zack , among others ). He died at his home in Paris in February 2013; his autobiography, which he was preparing for Spirou's 75th birthday , was published posthumously by Dupuis.

Rosy has published various Attila adventures in German, and a number of Tif et Tondu adventures under the titles Gin & Fizz and Harry and Platte .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Maurice Rosy on lambiek.net (English) , accessed on November 27, 2013
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Maurice Rosy on bedetheque.com (French) , accessed on November 27, 2013
  3. ↑ Maurice Rosy on comicguide.de , accessed on August 24, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Rosy, Maurice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian comic book writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Fontaine-l'Évêque , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 2013
Place of death Paris