Dany,
pseudonym
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for Daniel Henrotin (born 28 January 1943) is a
Belgian comic book artist
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, best known for ''Olivier Rameau'' and ''
Ça vous intéresse?''.
Biography
Daniel Henrotin was born in
Marche-en-Famenne
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The municipality consists of the following districts: Aye, Hargimont, Humain, Marche-en-Famenne, ...
in 1943.
[De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Dany". In België gestript, pp. 101–102. ]Tielt
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History
Some traces of Gallo-Roman occupation hav ...
: Lannoo. After studying at the Art School of
Liège
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, he started working as a comics artist in 1966, as an assistant for Mitteï, an artist working for ''
Tintin
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** Tintin (character), the protagonist and titular character of the series
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'' magazine. Dany worked there for a year and then had to leave in order to do his military service.
[
Afterwards, he started collaborating directly on ''Tintin'' magazine with illustrations and short stories, and worked in the studio of ]Greg
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, the editor-in-chief of the magazine. Greg wrote a poetic story about ''Olivier Rameau'' and the people of Dreamland, and it marked the debut of Dany's first successful and longest running series. Dreamland is very similar to the worlds of L. Frank Baum
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's '' Oz'' and Lewis Carroll
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's ''Alice
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'' and Dany drew an adaptation of ''Alice'' shortly after starting the ''Olivier Rameau'' series.
Much of Dany's early work was drawn in a comical style, but in the late 1970s he produced more realistic drawings while in collaboration with writer Jean Van Hamme
Jean Van Hamme (born 16 January 1939) is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including ''Histoire sans héros'', '' Thorgal'', '' XIII'' and ''Largo Winch''.
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. This included ''Histoire sans héros'' ("Story Without a Hero") in 1977, which was a one-shot
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adventure story about the survivors of a plane crash trying to find a way out of a dense South America
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n jungle. It obtained critical success and reached a wide audience.[ Dany and Van Hamme also came up with a series called ''Arlequin'', the adventures of a freelance secret agent and master of disguise made in the spirit of '']The Persuaders!
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'' which was very popular in continental Europe.[''Dictionnaire mondial de la Bd'' (''World Dictionary of Comics'') by Patrick Gaumer and Claude Moliterni, , ]
Meanwhile, Greg and Dany would collaborate on some other short-lived series, and in the 1990s Greg wrote the final two stories of ''Bernard Prince
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'' for Dany after Hermann had quit the series.[ (a character based on Prince had featured in one of the ''Arlequin'' stories).
But his main commercial success came in 1990 when he started a series of erotic joke comics with ''Ça vous intéresse?''. The series was an instant success, and many artists and writers have collaborated on the books, magazines, and multimedia that have followed since.][
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Bibliography
Awards
* 1971: Prix Saint-Michel
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, Humour Award, for ''Olivier Rameau''
* 2007: Prix Saint-Michel, Best ArtworkPrix Diagonale
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See also
* Red Ears
Sources
* Béra, Michel; Denni, Michel; and Mellot, Philippe (1998): "Trésors de la Bande Dessinée 1999–2000". Paris
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, Les éditions de l'amateur.
Dany publications in Belgian ''Tintin''
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External links
Dany official site
Dany site
on Éditions Joker
on Labiek Comiclopedia
fan site
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1943 births
Living people
People from Marche-en-Famenne
Belgian comics artists
Belgian comics writers
Belgian erotic artists
Belgian humorists
Belgian illustrators
Belgian fantasy artists
Tintin (magazine) people