| Bob de Groot | |
|---|---|
 De Groot in 2010 | |
| Born | 26 October 1941 Brussels, German-occupied Belgium |
| Died | 17 November 2023 (aged 82) Ottignies, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Area(s) | Artist, writer |
Robert de Groot[1] (26 October 1941 – 17 November 2023) was a Belgian comic books artist and writer.
Career
While still a young art student de Groot got his first comics experience as an assistant to Maurice Tillieux on Félix.[2] He began creating shorter work for the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote, with creators such as Hubuc, Reiser. With Fred as scenarist he drew the strip 4 × 8 = 32 L'Agent Caméléon in the late 1960s. When the artist Turk joined to assist on the series, de Groot gradually took on increasing amounts of work as scenarist and went on to collaborate with Turk on several series, including Archimède, Robin Dubois and eventually Raymond Macherot's Clifton.[2] They also created Léonard for Achille Talon magazine in 1975, before de Groot began a prolific production of comics scenarios for many comics artists, including Tibet, Dupa, Philippe Francq, Greg and Dany. With Rodrigue he created Doggyguard and continued the Clifton series, and with Morris he collaborated on stories for Lucky Luke and Rantanplan.
Death
Bob de Groot died at Ottignies on 17 November 2023, at the age of 82.[3]
Bibliography
| Series | Years | Volumes | Scenarist or Artist | Editor | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice au pays des merveilles | 1973 | 1 | Greg (writer) | Le Lombard and Dargaud | Artwork in collaboration with Dany, Dupa and Turk |
| Ça vous intéresse | 1990 | 1 | Dany (artist) | P & T Productions | This volume written by De Groot, rest of series by different writers |
| Chlorophylle | 1977–1986 | 3 | Dupa and Walli (artists) | Le Lombard | Series started by Raymond Macherot |
| Clifton | 1973–1984 | 9 | Turk (artist) | Le Lombard and Dargaud | Series started by Raymond Macherot |
| Des villes et des femmes | 1987–1988 | 2 | Philippe Francq (artist) | Dargaud | |
| Digitaline | 1989 | 1 | J. Landrain (artist) | Le Lombard | First bande dessinée completely made by computer |
| Doggyguard | 1999–2000 | 3 | M. Rodrigue (artist) | Le Lombard | |
Sources
- Bob de Groot publications in Spirou Archived 10 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Pilote Archived 10 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Vaillant and Pif Archived 7 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Belgian Tintin Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine and French Tintin Archived 8 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, BDoubliées (in French)
- Béra, Michel; Denni, Michel; and Mellot, Philippe (2002): "Trésors de la Bande Dessinée 2003–2004". Paris, Les éditions de l'amateur. ISBN 2-85917-357-9
- Matla, Hans: "Stripkatalogus 9: De negende dimensie". Panda, Den Haag, 1998. ISBN 90-6438-111-9
- Footnotes
- ↑ https://booknode.com/auteur/bob-de-groot
- 1 2 Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Bob de Groot".
- ↑ Léonard est orphelin : l'auteur de BD belge Bob De Groot est décédé (in French)
External links
- Bob de Groot biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
- Bob de Groot at IMDb