William Vance

William Vance , actually William Van Cutsem , (born September 8, 1935 in Anderlecht , † May 14, 2018 in Santander , Spain ) was a Belgian comic artist . He had his greatest success with the agent series XIII .

Career

After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels , he first worked in the advertising industry. He began his first steps as a comic artist as an assistant to Dino Attanasio . He got a job at Tintin , where he worked as an illustrator and drew his first short stories and series. The Bruno Brazil agent series was created with Greg .

When the Belgian women's magazine Femme d'Aujourd'hui needed a replacement illustrator for the current episode of Bob Morane in 1967 , he stepped in at short notice and finally took over the adventure series. The collaboration with Femme d'Aujourd'hui lasted until 1983 and, in addition to the individual works SOS nature and Mongwy, produced other series such as the seafaring adventure Bruce J. Hawker .

He celebrated his greatest success with the agent series XIII , which he realized together with Jean Van Hamme . His most important collaborators included his wife Petra as a colorist, his brother-in-law Felicísimo Coria and René Follet . He lived in Spain and retired in 2010 when the first signs of Parkinson's disease began to show. He died in Santander in May 2018 .

Works (selection)

Howard Flynn (1964-1969)
Ringo (1965-1978)
Bob Morane (1967-1979)
Bruno Brazil (1967–1983)
Roderic (1973)
Ramiro (1974-1983)
Bruce J. Hawker (1976-1996)
XHG-C3 (1983)
XIII (1984-2007)
Marshal Blueberry (1991-1993)

Web links

William Vance on lejournaldetintin.free.fr (French)

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Vance, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Van Cutsem, William (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian comic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 8, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Anderlecht
DATE OF DEATH	May 14, 2018
Place of death	Santander

[1] Le collier de Çiva (1961–1962) according to bdzoom.com (French)

[2] Huit chevaux en balade (1964) according to pressibus.org (French)

[3] Les loups sont sur la piste (pages 25–26) according to web.bob.morane.free.fr (French)

[4] Les contrebandiers de l'atome (1968) according to web.bob.morane.free.fr (French)

[5] SOS nature (1969–1970) in Femme d'Aujourd'hui on pressibus.org (French)

[6] Mongwy (1971–1972) in Femme d'Aujourd'hui on pressibus.org (French)

[7] William Vance on bedetheque.com (French)

[8] William Vance on lambiek.net (English)

[9] William Vance, le père de "XIII" est mort. In: parismatch.com. May 16, 2018, accessed May 17, 2018 (French).