Chantal De Spiegeleer (15 April 1957 – 15 February 2025) was a Belgian comic book author and artist.

Life and career

Born in

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on 15 April 1957, De Spiegeleer attended the

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. There, she joined Atelier R, founded by , where she published her first pages. She then published a short story titled ''Façades blanches'' in ''

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'' magazine in 1978. In the 1970s, De Spiegeleer started a career in fashion, modeling for

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, and

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. In 1980, she met , whom she married and was a colorist for the

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series with. She also designed a cutout of

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looking out at a UFO. In 1987, De Spiegeleer made her debut with ''

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'' magazine, designing panels for '. She then designed a protagonist modeled after

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in the series ''Madila''. The volumes were published in ', as well as

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in 2008 and 2009. De Spiegeleer and her husband settled on

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in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1992. She then devoted herself to virtual painting, video games, and fabric design. She also collaborated on two collective albums devoted to children's rights and women's rights. She also finished the book '' The Curse of the Thirty Denarii'' in 2009, which had been started by her husband prior to his death in 2006. Chantal De Spiegeleer died in

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on 15 February 2025, at the age of 67.

Publications

As author

*''Mirabelle'' (1982) *''Madila'' **''Madila Bay'' (1988) **''Rouge Rubis'' (1989) **''Octavie'' (1992) **''Zelda et moi'' (1995) **''Intégrale Madila'' (2008) *''The Curse of the Thirty Denarii'' (2009)

As artist

*''L'Avion du Nanga'' (1987) *''Le Repaire du Katana'' (1988) *''Muerte transit'' (1989) *''Dernière Mission'' (1992) *''Black Bounty'' (1995) *''L'Île perdue'' (1996) *''La Jungle rouge'' (1997) *''Les Maudits'' (1998) *''La Force'' (2000) *''Le Goulag'' (2003) *''Adler: Intégrale 1'' (2008) *''Adler: Intégrale 2'' (2008)

Collective works

*''Los derechos del niño'' (with and René Sterne, 1991) *''Los derechos de la mujer'' (with

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and , 1992)

Art books

*''80 chats pour Tania, 10 ans pour Pepperland'' (1980) *''Fax to fax'' (1996)

Public collections

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, Brussels

References

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