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COMIC ARTIST

Willy Vandersteen

1913 - 1990

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Willy Vandersteen (15 February 1913 – 28 August 1990) was a Belgian creator of comic books. In a career spanning 50 years, he created a large studio and published more than 1,000 comic albums in over 25 series, selling more than 200 million copies worldwide. Considered together with Marc Sleen the founding father of Flemish comics, he is mainly popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willy Vandersteen has received more than 93,748 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Willy Vandersteen is the 96th most popular comic artist (down from 90th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 480th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Comic Artist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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  • 3.19

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Willy Vandersteen ranks 96 out of 174. Before him are Jijé, Jim Davis, Masamune Shirow, Marco Rota, Hiro Mashima, and Quentin Blake. After him are Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Hal Foster, Jacques Martin, Greg, Roy Thomas, and John Romita Sr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Willy Vandersteen ranks 195. Before him are Harald Edelstam, Earle Meadows, Barrington Moore Jr., Erich Eliskases, Aisha Abd al-Rahman, and Geraldine Fitzgerald. After him are René Llense, Jacqueline de Romilly, Friedrich Dickel, Sándor Weöres, Jiří Hájek, and Gina Bachauer. Among people deceased in 1990, Willy Vandersteen ranks 164. Before him are Robert Cummings, Merab Mamardashvili, Edmond Delfour, Đorđe Vujadinović, Jill Esmond, and Julijans Vaivods. After him are A. J. P. Taylor, Bazilio Olara-Okello, Walter Bruch, Ahti Karjalainen, Boris Paichadze, and Ivar Lo-Johansson.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Willy Vandersteen ranks 493 out of 1,019. Before him are Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763), Ludo Martens (1946), Léon Delacroix (1867), Marouane Fellaini (1987), Théophile de Donder (1872), and Joël Robert (1943). After him are Charles de Tornaco (1927), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Henri Jaspar (1870), Jacques Moeschal (1900), Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785), and Ivo Van Damme (1954).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Belgium

Among comic artists born in Belgium, Willy Vandersteen ranks 9. Before him are Morris (1923), André Franquin (1924), Benoît Sokal (1954), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), Hermann Huppen (1938), and Jijé (1914). After him are Greg (1931).

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