He then created the “XIII” series alongside Vance at Dargaud, and “Les Maîtres de l’orge” for Vallès at Éditions Glénat. He then started on the legendary “Thorgal” saga for Grzegorz Rosinski (Le Lombard, Cinebook/Europe Comics in English), with whom he later created “Le Grand Pouvoir du Chninkel” for Casterman. While writing six novels based on the adventures of “Largo Winch” for Mercure de France, he also took up scriptwriting for the magazine “Tintin,” including strips for artist Attanasio (“Modeste et Pompon”), a mythological adventure (“Epoxy”), and episodes of “Corentin” for Paul Cuvelier, “Michael Logan” for André Beautemps, “Domino” for Cheret, “Mr Magellan” for Géri, and, for Dany, “Arlequin” and “Histoire sans héros” (“Story Without a Hero,” Cinebook/Europe Comics). Born in Brussels on January 16th, 1939, Jean Van Hamme is a great artistic talent who holds degrees in finance, journalism, and civic law.Īfter a brilliant international career, he left his job as general manager of Philips Belgium in 1976 to become a writer.
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