Paul Deliège
Paul Deliège (21 January 1931 – 7 July 2005) was a Belgian artist and writer of comics. He is most famous for his series Bobo.
Also recorded as Paul Deliege
Paul Deliège
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- Birthplace
- Olne, Liège, Belgium
- Born
- 21 January 1931
- Died
- 7 July 2005
- Nationality
- Belgium.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, comics artist and cartoonist.
- Fields
- Franco-Belgian comics.
- Movements
- Marcinelle school.
- Known for
- Bobo.
- Languages
- French.
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• Birthplace — Olne, Liège, Belgium • Write — y • Pencil — y • Ink — y • Born — 21 January 1931 • Died — 7 July 2005
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Paul Deliège (21 January 1931 – 7 July 2005) was a comics artist. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Biography
Biography
Deliège was born in Olne. He started in the daily Le Soir with Père Bricole et Félicien et les Romanis. In 1959, he got into éditions Dupuis where he launched les aventures de Théophile et Philibert with Vicq. at the start of the 1960s, he was the principal creator of the Mini-récits (mini-stories) in the magazine Spirou, where he created Bobo, his best-known hero. The series Les Krostons, about three green imps and their unsuccessful attempts to take over the world, (with Piroton) and Le trou du souffleur (The souffleur's hole) followed shortly. Deliège was also writer for the series Sam et l'Ours (Sam and the bear, drawn by Lagas) and some stories of Sybilline (drawn by Macherot). The Krostons is being made into a 3-D film of the same name. Deliège died of a heart attack in 2005.
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Paul Deliège is recorded as screenwriter, comics artist and cartoonist.
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1931
Paul Deliège born at Olne.
2005
Paul Deliège died at Liège.
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Olne.
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Liège.
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He also worked under the names Célestin and Van Luik. The authorities additionally record the heading Paul Deliege. His recorded language was French. His work is associated with Marcinelle school. He was employed by Spirou, Moustique, Le Soir, À Suivre and Tintin. He worked at Olne.
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