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Luc Dupanloup, more famous under his pen name Dupa, was a Belgian
comics a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...
artist best known as the creator of
Cubitus ''Cubitus'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series, and the basis for the ''Wowser'' cartoon series appearing in the United States. ''Cubitus'' was created by the Belgian cartoonist Dupa, and features Cubitus, a large anthropomorphic dog, who lives ...
which later was turned into an animated series called ''
Wowser "Wowser" is an Australian and New Zealand term that refers to a person who seeks to deprive others of behaviour deemed to be immoral or sinful. History The term originated in Australia, at first carrying a similar meaning to "lout" (an annoying ...
''. He was born on 12 February 1945 in Montignies-sur-Sambre and died on 8 November 2000 in
Ottignies Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (; wa, Ocgniye-Li Noû Lovén) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve had a total population of 29,521. The total area ...
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Awards

* Crayon d'Argent in 1973 * Aigle d'Or de la Ville de Nice in 1982 * Prize of the best book for children at the BD de Paris convention in 1984 * "110 d'Or" price in November 1993 at the BD Festival of Illzach


Bibliography

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Cubitus ''Cubitus'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series, and the basis for the ''Wowser'' cartoon series appearing in the United States. ''Cubitus'' was created by the Belgian cartoonist Dupa, and features Cubitus, a large anthropomorphic dog, who lives ...
'' (43 albums) 1972–2000 *''
Chlorophylle Chlorophylle was a Belgian comics series and Raymond Macherot's best known work, alongside ''Sibylline''. It is a fantasy comic about anthropomorphic forest animals, including the title character Chlorophylle, who is a dormouse. Description Ch ...
'' (3 albums) 1973–1977 *''Alice au pays des merveilles ''(1 album) 1973 *''Constant Souci ''(1 album) 1974 *''Coup d'oeil ''(1 album) 1984 *''Niky ''(3 albums) 1985–1988 *''Le Verrou ''(1 album) 1987 *''Bédémix ''(2 albums) 1989 *''Les Vacances de Petit Biniou'' (1 album) 1997


References


BD Paradisiofan page
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External links

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Comic Book Database
1945 births 2000 deaths Artists from Charleroi Belgian comics artists Belgian comics writers Belgian humorists Belgian surrealist artists {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub