André Geerts Explained

Birth Place:Brussels, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
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Notable Works:Jojo
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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.

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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.