Jijé

1914 - 1980

movement: Marcinelle school

country of citizenship: Belgium

native language: French

languages spoken, written or signed: French, Walloon

educated at: La Cambre, Académie royale des Beaux-Arts, Université du Travail Paul Pastur

occupation: comics artist, illustrator, drawer, ceramicist, writer, painter, inventor, cartoonist, comics writer

award received: Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême, Prix Saint-Michel, Stripschapprijs

influenced by: Hergé

official website: www.jije.org

Joseph Gillain (French: [ʒilɛ̃]), better known by his pen name Jijé ([ʒiʒe]; 13 January 1914 – 19 June 1980), was a Belgian comics artist, best known for being a seminal artist on the Spirou et Fantasio strip (and for having introduced the Fantasio character) and the creator of one of the first major European western strips, Jerry Spring. Source: Wikipedia (en)