André Geerts Explained

Birth Place:	Brussels, Belgium
Nationality:	Belgian
Write:	y
Art:	y
Notable Works:	Jojo
Awards:	full list
Birth Date:	1955 12, df=yes

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. Jojo was adapted to the animated television special in 2000, and a series was under development.^{[2] [3]} He also created later on Mademoiselle Louise, about a girl of about the same age as Jojo, but who is extremely rich and lonely.^{[4] [5]}

Geerts died in 2010 from cancer.

Bibliography

• Jojo, 17 volumes, 1983–2010, Dupuis (volume 18 appears in October 2010)
• Monde cruel, 2 volumes, 1985–1997, Dupuis
• Jabert contre l'adversité, 1 volume, 1990, written by Pierre Le Gall, Delcourt
• Le Commissaire Martin, 1995, 1 volume, Editions Point Image – JVDH
• Mademoiselle Louise, 4 volumes, written by Sergio Salma, Casterman, later Dupuis

Awards

• 1980: Prix Saint-Michel for best comical artist
• 1994: Oecumenic Jury Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for the first volume of Mademoiselle Louise
• 1997: Grand Prix of the city of Durbuy for Monde Cruel
• 1998: Crayon d'or (Golden Pencil) of the city of Brussels, awarded by the Belgian Chamber of Comic Experts
• 2003: Grand prix of the city of Brussels, awarded at the festival of Ganshoren
• 2003: Prix Saint-Michel for best French language youth comic for Jojo
• 2007: Prize of the Young Readers at the Festival of Vaison-la-Romaine for Jojo 16: Jojo vétérinaire
• 2007: nominated for the Prix Saint-Michel for best youth comic for Jojo 16: Jojo vétérinaire
• 2008: nominated for the Prix Saint-Michel for best youth comic for Jojo 17: Confisqué

External links

• Biography from his publisher Dupuis
• Biography at Lambiek's Comiclopedia
• Info on the author and the series Jojo from the 1994 exposition at the Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art

Notes and References

1. News: Décès d'André Geerts, créateur de la série "Jojo" . 28 July 2010 . Le Vif l'Express . 27 July 2010 . Belga . French . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100730181622/http://levif.rnews.be/fr/news/belga-generique/deces-d-andre-geerts-createur-de-la-serie-jojo/article-1194782958918.htm . 30 July 2010 .
2. News: Jojo veut percer le mystère Violaine . 30 January 2019 . . 21 December 2000 . french .
3. News: Scandi deals for Dupuis' JoJo special . 30 January 2019 . C21Media . 13 December 2002 . french .
4. News: Mettout. Eric. Jojo pleure André Geerts. 28 July 2010. L'Express. 27 July 2010. French.
5. News: Disparition soudaine de l'auteur de BD André Geerts, créateur de "Jojo". https://web.archive.org/web/20100730052838/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ibXB2Pvv0uo9q9CyiNWHC7kWBPAA. dead. 30 July 2010. 28 July 2010. 27 July 2010. AFP. French.