William Vance

William Vance (born in 1935) is a Belgian draftsman of Cartoon, of which the most known series is XIII .

Biography

William Vance , from her true name William van Cutsem, was born the September 8th 1935 with Anderlecht, in Belgium. It followed to Brussels the courses of the Academy of the Art schools. It is in publicity that it began its career of draftsman, before continuing it in the cartoon.

First accounts

In the years 1960, the Newspaper of Tintin, under the aegis of Hergé put to the test the young draftsmen in their requiring to illustrate short complete accounts, generally in historical matter. Yves Duval, with his impressive documentation, ensured the writing of the scenarios.

Thus William Vance illustrated for this magazine 56 accounts published of 1962 to 1967 in the Belgian version of the newspaper of Tintin, the majority having also been published in the French version.

of Howard Flynn in Bob Morane

Its first series, on a scenario of Yves Duval, tells the adventures of Howard Flynn, young British royal naval officer. William Vance brings all her talent of illustrator meticulous person: very realistic and detailed at the beginning, the feature is simplified then, the characters are outlined.

William Vance illustrates then the western Ringo , of 1965 to 1968.

From 1967, it takes the continuation of Gerard Forton for the drawing of Bob Morane , on a scenario of H. Vernes, and draws eighteen albums of the series.

of Bruno Brazil in Bruce J. Hawker

He is in parallel the illustrator of Bruno Brazil , with a scenario of Greg. Bruno Brazil is an officer information and of American against-espionage, then responsible for the Commando Caiman , kind of team of secret agents to American, intervening for special missions on all the corners of the sphere.

He draws then the adventures of Rodric (1972), then of Ramiro (1974). He publishes then the album They were men .

It is in 1976 qu ' it begins the series Bruce J. Hawker , where Vance finds the framework of the Navy.

XIII

William Vance creates in 1984 the character of XIII , on a scenario of Jean Van Hamme. XIII quickly became a major success of the contemporary cartoon.

A casualty is found on a coast of the United States. Cured but amnesic, it carries to the clavicle a mysterious tattooing: XIII. The man, pursued by killers, leaves to research his identity, finds part of his tumultuous past, and meets several of the dramatic events of contemporary America: the war of Vietnam, the assassination of the president of the United States, the fight against Kuh-Klux-Klan, hunting for the witches, the saga of the Irish immigrants, the Maffia, the action of the CIA, the plots and terrorism.

Albums and series of the author

See too

Internal bonds

External bonds

  • the official site of Blueberry
  • the site Dargaud
  • the official site of Thirteen - XIII

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