André Geerts

André Geerts

André Geerts at a comics festival in 2008.
Born (1955-12-18)18 December 1955
Brussels, Belgium
Died 27 July 2010(2010-07-27) (aged 54)
Nationality Belgian
Area(s) Writer, Artist
Notable works
Jojo
Awards full list

André Geerts (18 December 1955 – 27 July 2010) was a Belgian comics creator best known for his series Jojo.

Biography

André Geerts was born in Brussels in 1955. He studied at the Institut Saint-Luc art school in Brussels.[1] He started working for Le Soir Jeunesse (the youth supplement of newspaper Le Soir) in 1974, when he was only 18 years old, before joining the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou. His success series Jojo, about the small scale, real life but humoristic adventures of a boy of seven years old, started in 1983, with on average one new album a year. He also created later on Mademoiselle Louise, about a girl of about the same age as Jojo, but who is extremely rich and lonely.[2][3]

Geerts died in 2010 from cancer.

Bibliography

Awards

Notes

  1. "Décès d'André Geerts, créateur de la série "Jojo"". Le Vif l'Express (in French). Belga. 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  2. Mettout, Eric (27 July 2010). "Jojo pleure André Geerts". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  3. "Disparition soudaine de l'auteur de BD André Geerts, créateur de "Jojo"" (in French). AFP. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
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