Philippe Geluck (born 7 May 1954 in

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) is a Belgian

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, television writer and

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, who sold more than 14 million albums worldwide. He studied at the INSAS. His best-known work is the

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Le Chat ''Le Chat'' (''Le Cat'' in English-language editions) is a Belgian comic strip, created by Philippe Geluck. Foremost published daily in the newspaper '' Le Soir'' from March 22, 1983, until March 23, 2013, it is since issued directly as complete ...

'' (''Le Cat'' in English-language editions), which is one of the ten bestselling Franco-Belgian comics series. Geluck created ''Le Chat'' in 1983, for publication in the daily newspaper ''

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''. By 1987, the strip is published in multiple newspapers and the first album in what will become a long series is put in print. In the 2000s, ''Le Chat'' went global, being translated into several languages and reproduced beyond French-speaking regions, such as the United States and Iran. While drawing ''Le Chat'', Geluck also published other albums and series: ''Le Fils du Chat'', ''Docteur G'', ''Encyclopédies Universelles'', ''Les Aventures de Scott Leblanc'', ''Geluck se lâche''. Geluck is also a theatre actor, and well known to the French-speaking public as a television personality, with his own shows (''Lollipop'', ''L’esprit de famille'', ''La Semaine infernale'', ''Le Jeu des dictionnaire'') and as co-host with

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and

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. In addition to having received other honours, King

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made him a Commander of the

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in 2009.

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* 1954 births Living people Belgian comic strip cartoonists Belgian editorial cartoonists Belgian magazine cartoonists Belgian male comedians Belgian comics writers Belgian comics artists Belgian television writers Belgian humorists Belgian satirists Belgian satirical comics artists Belgian satirical comics writers Belgian television show creators Belgian political artists Belgian male television writers Commanders of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) {{Comedian-stub