Philippe Francq
(b. 13/12/1961, Belgium)
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Philippe Francq studied at the Institute Saint-Luc in Brussels from 1978. He graduated in 1984, after having followed comics courses from Claude Renard for three years. Afterwards, he worked with Bob de Moor at the Hergé Studios for a short while. He teamed up with Bob de Groot in 1987, and created a series of short stories, which were collected two books, 'Des Villes et des Femmes' (Dargaud). In addition, he illustrated two stories with 'Léo Tomasini' with text by Francis Delvaux.
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It was in 1988, when Francq met writer Jean Van Hamme. Van Hamme proposed him to do a comics series, based on a series of novels Van Hamme had written. The first book of the 'Largo Winch' series appeared in 1990 at the publishing house Dupuis. This thriller series, about a young vagabond at the top of a multinational corporation, was a big hit right from the start. Upon the success of the comic series, the original novels were reprinted and a television adaptation with real-life actors was created.
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