Renaud Denauw (born 28 November 1936 in

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), also known as "Renaud", is a Belgian comic book artist. He is best known for his collaboration with writer

Jean Dufaux Jean Dufaux (; born 7 June 1949) is a Belgian comic book writer. Beginning his professional career as a journalist for ''Ciné-presse'', Dufaux started writing comic books in the 1980s. Selected works *'' Le Bois des Vierges'' (1 volume, illust ...

in the '' Jessica Blandy'' comic book.

Professional biography

Renaud was hired for '' Spirou'' magazine in 1975 as an illustrator. Quickly developing a reputation for drawing sensual women (such as the eponymous heroine in "Aymone" from 1975 to 1977), he also used the

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"Sylvain" to draw the adult comic "Merline". After a stint drawing funny stories aimed at children ("Myrtille, Vidpoche et Cabochard", 1978), he moved over to rival comic book publishing house ''

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'' magazine in 1981 and illustrated "Platon, Torloche et Coquinette", another children's series. After drawing caricatured characters for a longer period, Renaud refined his depiction of realistic personages, and finally was chosen to collaborate with Belgian colleague

on the new '' Jessica Blandy'' comic book in 1987. The series, centered on the eponymous, sexy-but-innerly-broken

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was successful, and Dufaux and Renaud are still collaborating after 24 issues. Other works by Renaud include ''Les Enfants de la Salamandre'' from 1988 to 1990, ''Santiag'' in 1991, and ''Venus H.'' in 2005, all with Dufaux.

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Biography (in French)
1936 births Living people People from Mouscron Belgian comics writers Tintin (magazine) people Spirou (magazine) people {{Europe-comics-creator-stub