Marc Michetz
Marc Michetz, pseudonym of Marc Degroide (15 October 1951 – 9 January 2025) was a Belgian comics artist.
Marc Michetz
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- Name
- Marc Michetz
- Born
- 15 October 1951
- Birthplace
- Ixelles, Belgium
- Died
- 9 January 2025
- Place of death
- Brussels, Belgium
- Occupation
- Comics artist
- Full name
- Marc Degroide.
- Nationality
- Belgium.
- Fields
- Franco-Belgian comics.
- Education
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels.
- Known for
- Kogaratsu.
- Languages
- French.
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Marc Michetz, pseudonym of Marc Degroide (15 October 1951 – 9 January 2025) was a Belgian comics artist.
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Biography
Marc Michetz studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are Franco-Belgian comics. Residence is recorded at Ixelles. Employment is recorded with Spirou and Tintin. Works named in the authority record are Kogaratsu.
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• Name — Marc Michetz • Born — 15 October 1951 • Birthplace — Ixelles, Belgium • Died — 9 January 2025 • Place of death — Brussels, Belgium • Occupation — Comics artist
Life and career
Life and career
Marc Degroide was born on 15 October 1951, in Ixelles, a commune in Brussels. He lived for eighteen years in Katanga and returned to Belgium to work in different professions. He followed artistic training at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. He was fond of Japanese martial arts, and practiced judo, kendo, then iaido. Michetz was one of the original members of Le Gang Mazda (Mazda Gang), a fictionalized comic book series about a trio of cartoonists, together with Christian Darasse and Bernard Hislaire. He started his career at Studio Graton and then drew for magazines Tintin and Spirou. Michetz was passionate about the Japanese Middle Ages. His best-known creation is the Kogaratsu series, about a rōnin, which he created together with Serge Bosmans (Bosse) in 1983. Michetz held multiple Japanese-themed expositions. Michetz died on 9 January 2025, at the age of 73.
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