Chantal De Spiegeleer
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Chantal De Spiegeleer | |
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| Born | (1957-04-15)15 April 1957 |
| Died | 15 February 2025(2025-02-15) (aged 67) |
| Education | Institut Saint-Luc |
| Occupations | Comic book author, artist |
Chantal De Spiegeleer (15 April 1957 – 15 February 2025) was a Belgian comic book author and artist.[1]
Born in Léopoldville on 15 April 1957, De Spiegeleer attended the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels.[2] There, she joined Atelier R, founded by Claude Renard [fr], where she published her first pages.[3] She then published a short story titled Façades blanches in À Suivre magazine in 1978.[4]
In the 1970s, De Spiegeleer started a career in fashion,[5] modeling for Cacharel, Daniel Hechter, Armani, and Chanel.[2] In 1980, she met René Sterne [fr], whom she married and was a colorist for the Adler series with.[3] She also designed a cutout of Coco Chanel looking out at a UFO.[6]
In 1987, De Spiegeleer made her debut with Tintin magazine, designing panels for Super Tintin [fr].[7] She then designed a protagonist modeled after Louise Brooks in the series Madila.[8] The volumes were published in Hello Bédé [fr],[9] as well as Le Lombard in 2008 and 2009.[10]
De Spiegeleer and her husband settled on Union Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1992.[8] She then devoted herself to virtual painting, video games, and fabric design.[6] She also collaborated on two collective albums devoted to children's rights and women's rights.[11] She also finished the book The Curse of the Thirty Denarii in 2009, which had been started by her husband prior to his death in 2006.[12]
Chantal De Spiegeleer died in Cananéia on 15 February 2025, at the age of 67.[13]
Publications
As author
- Mirabelle (1982)
- Madila
- Madila Bay (1988)
- Rouge Rubis (1989)
- Octavie (1992)
- Zelda et moi (1995)
- Intégrale Madila (2008)
- The Curse of the Thirty Denarii (2009)
As artist
- L'Avion du Nanga (1987)
- Le Repaire du Katana (1988)
- Muerte transit (1989)
- Dernière Mission (1992)
- Black Bounty (1995)
- L'Île perdue (1996)
- La Jungle rouge (1997)[14]
- Les Maudits (1998)[15]
- La Force (2000)
- Le Goulag (2003)[16]
- Adler: Intégrale 1 (2008)
- Adler: Intégrale 2 (2008)
Collective works
- Los derechos del niño (with Alain Bignon [fr] and René Sterne, 1991)
- Los derechos de la mujer (with Annie Goetzinger and Cinzia Ghigliano [fr], 1992)
Art books
- 80 chats pour Tania, 10 ans pour Pepperland (1980)[17]
- Fax to fax (1996)
Public collections
- Belgian Comic Strip Center, Brussels[18]
References
- ↑ Heintz, Marc (17 February 2025). "Le décès de Chantal De Spiegeleer femme de liberté et de talent". Ligne Claire (in French). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- 1 2 "En bref". La Libre Belgique (in French). 21 November 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- 1 2 Gaumer, Patrick (2010). Dictionnaire mondial de la BD (in French). Paris: Larousse. p. 249. ISBN 978-2-0358-4331-9. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ↑ "De Spiegeleer Chantal dans (A suivre)". BD oubliées (in French).
- ↑ Gianati, L. (29 December 2008). "Madila Intégrale". BD Gest' (in French). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- 1 2 "Chantal De Spiegeleer". Le Soir (in French). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ↑ "De Spiegeleer Chantal dans Tintin". BD Oubliées (in French).
- 1 2 Lechat, Jean-Louis (1996). Un demi-siècle d’aventures t. 2 : 1970 - 1996 (in French). Brussels: Le Lombard. p. 146, 151, 168, 169, 190. ISBN 280361233X. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ↑ "Madila dans Tintin". BD Oubliées (in French).
- ↑ Dubos, Joël (4 December 2008). "Plus de lectures BD pour Noël : Chantal de Spiegeleer, Madila, L'intégrale, Lombard". BDzoom (in French). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ↑ "Chantal De Spiegeleer". Tebeosfera (in Spanish).
- ↑ Farinaud, S. (26 November 2009). "Blake et Mortimer (Les Aventures de) 19. La Malédiction des trente deniers - Tome 1 - Le manuscrit de Nicodemus". BD Gest' (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ↑ "Décès de Chantal De Spiegeleer". Le Lombard (in French). 18 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ↑ Langevin, Sébastien (January 1998). "BD hébétée". BoDoï (in French).
- ↑ Mélikian, Laurent (January 1999). "Pinochet, pinoku !". BoDoiï (in French).
- ↑ Matthys, Francis (17 April 2003). "Dans le dantesque Goulag". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ↑ "(AUT) Collectif". BD Gest' (in French).
- ↑ "De Spiegeleer Chantal". Brussels-Capital Region (in French).
