Strip cartoonist. Born Dieter Hermann Comès en Sourbrodt, son of German father and French mother. He began his career aged 16 as a commercial artist, and his first newspaper strip, "Hermann", began in the children's supplement of French newspaper "Le Soir" in 1968. After a brief time working in Spirou, he started his first important series in Pilote: "Ergün l'Errant" in 1973, who was reedited in À Suivre under the name "Le Maître des Ténèbres" in 1980. Between 1976 and 1977, he created "the Pratt" work inspired "L'Ombre du Corbeau", a tale about World War I published in the Belgian edition of "Tintin". Already enshrined as a great master of comic novels in the 1980's published "Silence", "La Belette" and "Iris", with stories about witchcraft and mythology. He continued his work with "Eva", "L'Arbre-Coeur" and "La Maison où Rêvent les Arbres". He also published his graphic novels "Les Larmes du Tigre" in 2000 and "Dix de der" in 2006. Throughout his career he was honored with several awards as: "Grand Prix Saint-Michel", Brussels, Belgium, and "Yellow Kid" for best foreign artist at the Festival of Lucca, Italy in 1980; Best Comic Book at the "Angoulême International Comics Festival", France in 1981 for "Silence" and "Prix Saint-Michel" for best comic in 1983. He was considered one of the great masters of European comic and one of the best cartoonists in black and white history.
Strip cartoonist. Born Dieter Hermann Comès en Sourbrodt, son of German father and French mother. He began his career aged 16 as a commercial artist, and his first newspaper strip, "Hermann", began in the children's supplement of French newspaper "Le Soir" in 1968. After a brief time working in Spirou, he started his first important series in Pilote: "Ergün l'Errant" in 1973, who was reedited in À Suivre under the name "Le Maître des Ténèbres" in 1980. Between 1976 and 1977, he created "the Pratt" work inspired "L'Ombre du Corbeau", a tale about World War I published in the Belgian edition of "Tintin". Already enshrined as a great master of comic novels in the 1980's published "Silence", "La Belette" and "Iris", with stories about witchcraft and mythology. He continued his work with "Eva", "L'Arbre-Coeur" and "La Maison où Rêvent les Arbres". He also published his graphic novels "Les Larmes du Tigre" in 2000 and "Dix de der" in 2006. Throughout his career he was honored with several awards as: "Grand Prix Saint-Michel", Brussels, Belgium, and "Yellow Kid" for best foreign artist at the Festival of Lucca, Italy in 1980; Best Comic Book at the "Angoulême International Comics Festival", France in 1981 for "Silence" and "Prix Saint-Michel" for best comic in 1983. He was considered one of the great masters of European comic and one of the best cartoonists in black and white history.
Bio by: Errete
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