Edouard Paape, commonly known as Eddy Paape, was a Belgian comics artist best known for illustrating the science fiction comic series Luc Orient.
10 Facts About Eddy Paape
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Eddy Paape was born in Grivegnee, Belgium in 1920.
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Eddy Paape began working with famed Belgian cartoonist Jije, first on his ambitious New Testament comic project Emmanuel.
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Eddy Paape then succeeded Jije as illustrator of the detective series Valhardi, published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou.
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Eddy Paape illustrated the series from 1946 until 1954, working with famous European comics authors Jean-Michel Charlier and Yvan Delporte.
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Eddy Paape became an artist for the World Press syndicate, continuing to illustrate comics, mainly for Spirou.
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Eddy Paape assisted them on their series Buck Danny and the pirate biography Surcouf.
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For many years, the style of Eddy Paape would be a clear mixture of the influence of Jije and Hubinon.
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In 1958 Eddy Paape created Marc Dacier, a series written by Charlier.
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In 1969 Eddy Paape began teaching draughtsmanship for comics at the Institut Saint-Luc art school in Brussels, where he remained until 1976.