COMIC ARTIST

Jean Van Hamme

1939 - Today

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Jean Van Hamme (born 16 January 1939) is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including Histoire sans héros, Thorgal, XIII and Largo Winch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Van Hamme is the 76th most popular comic artist (up from 80th in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 489th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jean Van Hamme ranks 76 out of 226Before him are Jacques Tardi, Jim Davis, Romano Scarpa, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Tignous, and Takeshi Obata. After him are Tetsuya Chiba, Kazuo Koike, Hiromu Arakawa, Quentin Blake, Richard F. Outcault, and Juan Giménez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Jean Van Hamme ranks 280Before him are Brigitte Fontaine, Chögyam Trungpa, Giorgio Ferrini, Dariush Mehrjui, János Göröcs, and Tigran Mansurian. After him are Néstor Combin, Tetsuya Chiba, Carmen Salinas, Alberto Suárez Inda, Pieter van Vollenhoven, and Alberto Festa.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean Van Hamme ranks 509 out of 1,190Before him are Mousa Dembélé (1987), Jan Theuninck (1954), Kate Ryan (1980), Edmond Leburton (1915), Felix Timmermans (1886), and Johann Peter Beaulieu (1725). After him are David Ruelle (1935), Joseph Mermans (1922), Germain Derycke (1929), Christl Cranz (1914), André Noyelle (1931), and Jean de Bie (1892).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In Belgium

Among comic artists born in Belgium, Jean Van Hamme ranks 6Before him are Hergé (1907), Morris (1923), Peyo (1928), André Franquin (1924), and Benoît Sokal (1954). After him are Hermann Huppen (1938), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), Jijé (1914), Willy Vandersteen (1913), and Greg (1931).