1. Maurice Tillieux was a Belgian writer and comic artist.
11 Facts About Maurice Tillieux
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Maurice Tillieux is regarded by many as a major figure of post-war Belgian comics.
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Maurice Tillieux turned to writing and his first novel Le navire qui tue ses capitaines was published in 1943.
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Maurice Tillieux contributed to various weekly and monthly comics as artist and writer, often signing his work with a variety of English pseudonyms.
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Heroic-Albums ceased publication in 1956, and Maurice Tillieux introduced his most famous character, Gil Jourdan, in Spirou magazine, where he had already worked as an illustrator since 1940.
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Gos took over the drawing of Gil Jourdan and Maurice Tillieux contributed to other series such as Tif et Tondu and Yoko Tsuno.
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Maurice Tillieux enjoyed action as well as humour and mystery, and many of his strips feature elaborate fights and car chases.
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Maurice Tillieux therefore wrote non-detective series with the emphasis on humour.
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Maurice Tillieux could be described as a pesky anti-hero along the lines of Jolyon Wagg from the adventures of Tintin.
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Maurice Tillieux contributed a couple of storylines to La Ribambelle, the stories of a multi-racial gang of kids, drawn by Jean Roba and the classic series Tif et Tondu.
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Maurice Tillieux has been described as a "master of surprise, sarcasm and nonsense".