COMIC ARTIST

Willy Vandersteen

1913 - 1990

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Willebrord Jan Frans Maria "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 101,835 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Willy Vandersteen is the 96th most popular comic artist (down from 95th in 2019), the 554th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 492nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Comic Artist.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.27

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Willy Vandersteen ranks 96 out of 226. Before him are Sergio Toppi, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Fujio Akatsuka, Sanpei Shirato, Lee Falk, and Jijé. After him are Juan Giménez, Jean-Claude Mézières, Hajime Isayama, Masamune Shirow, Tsukasa Hojo, and Yumiko Igarashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Willy Vandersteen ranks 220. Before him are Jacqueline de Romilly, Igor Bondarevsky, Earle Meadows, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, Johan Kraag, and Jiří Hájek. After him are Harry Andersson, Frankie Laine, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Vince Lombardi, Barrington Moore Jr., and Severino Varela. Among people deceased in 1990, Willy Vandersteen ranks 179. Before him are Araken Patusca, Robert Cummings, Michael Oakeshott, Geir Hallgrímsson, René David, and Omero Tognon. After him are Katalin Karády, Erna Berger, David White, Juliet Berto, Ivar Lo-Johansson, and Roman Vishniac.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Willy Vandersteen ranks 554 out of 1,190. Before him are Natacha Atlas (1964), Marcel Kint (1914), Jijé (1914), Christian Piot (1947), Jacky Munaron (1956), and Joseph Pholien (1884). After him are Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), Gonzales Coques (1614), André Vandewyer (1909), Léon Semmeling (1940), Arnold Badjou (1909), and Georges Eekhoud (1854).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Belgium

Among comic artists born in Belgium, Willy Vandersteen ranks 10. Before him are André Franquin (1924), Benoît Sokal (1954), Jean Van Hamme (1939), Hermann Huppen (1938), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), and Jijé (1914). After him are Greg (1931).

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