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COMIC ARTIST

Jijé

1914 - 1980

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jijé has received more than 62,577 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jijé is the 90th most popular comic artist, the 481st most popular biography from Belgium and the 8th most popular Belgian Comic Artist.

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  • 63k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jijé ranks 90 out of 174. Before him are Tignous, Sanpei Shirato, Lee Falk, Hermann Huppen, Juan Giménez, and Joe Simon. After him are Jim Davis, Masamune Shirow, Marco Rota, Hiro Mashima, Quentin Blake, and Willy Vandersteen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jijé ranks 217. Before him are Sisowath Sirik Matak, Jaap Bakema, Jack Cardiff, Mihailo Lalić, Christl Cranz, and Annemarie Selinko. After him are Viola Desmond, Carl Scarborough, Irmã Dulce, Jan Kott, Dmitry Lavrinenko, and Hugh Trevor-Roper. Among people deceased in 1980, Jijé ranks 164. Before him are Boun Oum, Katherine Anne Porter, Graham Sutherland, Ahmad Shukeiri, Boris Kaufman, and Marcel Langiller. After him are Nihat Erim, Aleksander Ford, Rostislav Alexeyev, Simonne Mathieu, André Parrot, and Arend Heyting.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jijé ranks 481 out of 1,019. Before him are Romain Maes (1912), Christl Cranz (1914), Peter Jan Beckx (1795), Jean Stas (1813), Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), and Julien Ries (1920). After him are Louis Paul Boon (1912), Philippe Van Parijs (1951), Thomas Vermaelen (1985), Justine Henin (1982), Marie Popelin (1846), and Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Belgium

Among comic artists born in Belgium, Jijé ranks 8. Before him are Peyo (1928), Morris (1923), André Franquin (1924), Benoît Sokal (1954), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), and Hermann Huppen (1938). After him are Willy Vandersteen (1913) and Greg (1931).

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