Didier Desmit

(b. 17/8/1950, Belgium)

Les Galapiats de la Rue Haute, by Didier Desmit
At first, Didier Desmit focused on a scientific or commercial career. However, after being a photographer for a while, he became an assistant to Christian Denayer on the comic series 'Alain Chevallier' and 'Yalek' in 1975. From 1977 to 1983 he was the colorist and background artist of Tibet's comics 'Ric Hochet' and 'Chick Bill'. Desmit's own style is very close to this artist's. In 1990 Didier Desmit decided to start making comics on his own. His first album was 'Les Galapiats de la Rue Haute', based on a novel by Mik Fonal and on a scenario by André-Paul Duchâteau. In 1994 he took over the artwork of the 'Mr Wens' series from Xavier Musquera. In addition, he continued to work as a colorist for Tibet until 2003. From 2004, he is part of the graphical team of the series 'Lefranc' by Jacques Martin.