COMIC ARTIST

Jijé

1914 - 1980

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Joseph Gillain (French: [ʒilɛ̃]), better known by his pen name Jijé ([ʒiʒe]; 13 January 1914 – 19 June 1980), was a Belgian comics artist, best known for being a seminal artist on the Spirou et Fantasio strip (and for having introduced the Fantasio character) and the creator of one of the first major European western strips, Jerry Spring. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jijé is the 99th most popular comic artist (down from 95th in 2019), the 594th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 549th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jijé ranks 99 out of 226. Before him are Tsukasa Hojo, Lee Falk, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Jean-Michel Charlier, Floyd Gottfredson, and Fujio Akatsuka. After him are John Romita Jr., Marco Rota, Yōichi Takahashi, Sergio Toppi, Willy Vandersteen, and Sanpei Shirato.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jijé ranks 255. Before him are Renato Olmi, Annemarie Selinko, Wolfgang Windgassen, Emmanuel Roblès, Carl Scarborough, and Gisèle Casadesus. After him are Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sueo Ōe, Elfriede Kaun, Hermínio de Brito, Julián Marías, and Orhan Kemal. Among people deceased in 1980, Jijé ranks 192. Before him are Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Frank Wykoff, Gaetano Belloni, George Pal, Juan García Oliver, and Heikki Liimatainen. After him are Mia May, Jóhann Hafstein, Aleksander Ford, Zezé Procópio, Jacob Talmon, and Maurice Genevoix.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jijé ranks 594 out of 1,190. Before him are Fernand de Montigny (1885), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), Christian Piot (1947), Georges Eekhoud (1854), Francis Goya (1946), and Elias M. Stein (1931). After him are Koen Lenaerts (1954), Jules Malou (1810), Daniel Seghers (1590), Lei Clijsters (1956), Henri Pousseur (1929), and Jan Pieter Schotte (1928).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Belgium

Among comic artists born in Belgium, Jijé ranks 9. Before him are Peyo (1928), André Franquin (1924), Benoît Sokal (1954), Jean Van Hamme (1939), Hermann Huppen (1938), and Jean-Michel Charlier (1924). After him are Willy Vandersteen (1913), and Greg (1931).

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