Clarke

Frédéric Seron, better known as Clarke, was born in Liège and studied fine arts. He began his professional career in the illustration field. His first comics work were contributions to the local collective albums 'Qui a Tué François Walthéry' et 'B.D. Mode, c'est Belge'. In 1987, he began a longtime cooperation with the scenarist François Gilson, who also just entered the field. Their first work was 'Rebecca - Bon Anniversaire, Papy', an album that appeared at the publishing house Khany in 1987.

Clarke joined the magazine Spirou in 1990. He began the series 'Les Cambrioleurs' with scriptwriter Crosky, as well as the gag strip 'Africa Jim' with Gilson. From 1992, Clarke and Gilson create the gag series about the apprentice witch 'Mélusine'. This comic soon became one of the most popular series of the magazine. Two years later he took on the pseudonym Valda to begin 'Les Babysitters', a series scripted by Christian Godard, in Spirou and in the collection Humour Libre. In the same collection, he cooperated on the collective series 'Sales Petits Contes' and he started the gag series 'Durant les Travaux, l'Exposition Continue...' together with Midam.

He also briefly drew 'Enquêtes de l'Inspecteur Archibaldo Massicotti' under the pseudonym Bluttwurst. From 1998, he is also a regular contributor to Fluide Glacial. He did various short stories in the series 'Château Montrachet' and 'P.38 et Bas Nylon', as well as the scenarios of 'Histoire de France' for Olivier Wozniak. In 2003, he published 'Cosa Nostra'. A year later, he drew 'Le Miracle de la Vie' in the Expresso collection of Dupuis. In 2005, the more realistic 'Luna Almaden' appeared in the Aire Libre collection (script by Denis Lapière). Clarke is the nephew of comics artist Pierre Seron.