Stephen Desberg

Stephen Desberg (born September 10, 1954 in Brussels , Belgium ) is a Belgian comic book writer and successful with both funnies and realistic genres. The majority of the comic series he wrote are also available in German translation.

Life

From 1976 on, Stephen Desberg's first short stories appeared in the comic magazine " Tintin ". Desberg also assisted Maurice Tillieux in the scenario of “Tif et Tondu” (German: “ Harry und Platte ”). After Tillieux's death, he continued work on the series and wrote the lyrics on his own. Around the same time there was also a first collaboration with Eric Maltaite, for whom he wrote the scenarios for stories such as “Jules et Gil” or “La Famille Hérodius”.

Thanks to his rapidly growing popularity, he soon expanded his activities. He created “Mic Mac Adam” for Benn and “ Billy the Cat ” for Colman . In 1979 the short series "421" was created with Eric Maltaite, with whom he later also realized "Carmen Lamour" (1993). In 1987 “Jimmy Tousseul” (German: “Jimmy Wynberg”) was created in collaboration with Daniel Desorgher . In the same year he realized “Gaspard de la nuit” with Johan de Moor at Casterman , with whom he also realized “La Vache” for the luxury magazine “ (à suivre) ”.

In the early 1990s he worked again with Will . For the Dupuis “Aire Libre” collection, several “adult comics” were created: “La Vignt-Septième Lettre” (German: “The 27th letter”), “L'Appel de l'Enfer” (German: “ Satan's Judgment ”) and“ Jardin des désirs ”(Eng:“ The Garden of Earthly Delights ”). In 1993 Desberg worked with Dany on "Equator" (Eng .: " Equator ") for Lombard. The successful collaboration with Enrico Marini began in 1996 , with whom he initially “L'Étoile du Desert” (German: “The Star of the Desert”) and from 2000 the series “Le Scorpion” (German: “The Scorpion”) for Dargaud realized. From 2005 he created the series Black Op and from 2007 to 2015 together with Henri Reculé the series Cassio .

His most successful series include “ IR $. "(From 1999), drawn by Vrancken ," Les Immortals "(German:" The Immortals ", from 2001) with Reculé and the mafia series" Tosca "(from 2001) with Francis Vallès , with whom later also" Rafales "(German:" A mistake of nature ", from 2005) was created.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Comic Guide: Stephen Desberg