Philippe Vandevelde

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Philippe Vandevelde alias Tome (stage name ) (born February 24, 1957 in Brussels ; † October 5, 2019 ) was a Belgian comic artist and author.

Vandevelde began his comic career as an assistant to Dupa , Turk and Bob de Groot . He met Janry during his studies at the Institut National des Arts Visuel in Sint Pieterswoluwe near Brussels and took over the comic series Spirou and Fantasio with him in 1982 . Between 1984 (Volume 31, The Mysterious Virus ) and 1998 (Volume 44, The Hunt for Spirou ), 14 volumes were published by Carlsen Comics . Tome and Janry have been devoting themselves continuously to the series The Little Spirou since 1987 .

In addition to his work for Spirou and Fantasio , Tome is best known in Germany for his Soda series . This was initially drawn by Luc Warnant, from volume 3 onwards by Bruno Gazzotti. In Germany, the series was published by Salleck Publications and currently comprises 13 volumes.

Works (selection)

  • 1991: The road to Selma (older title: Accidental Proximity ) with Philippe Berthet
  • 1997–2002: Tödliches Lullaby with Ralph Meyer, 3 volumes

Web links

Commons : Philippe Vandevelde  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Le scénariste belge de bande dessinée Philippe Tome est décédé. Retrieved October 6, 2019 (French).
  2. Soda on dupuis.com, accessed on 12 April 2017