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Artist · Belgium

Born 1939

Also signed as

“Vanam”

Portrait of Jean Van Hamme
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Jean Van Hamme.

comics writer · screenwriter

Belgium, Born 1939

In short

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.

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Born
1939, Brussels metropolitan area
Citizenship
Belgium
Active
1946 to 2009
Work
comics writer, screenwriter, writer, publisher
Also known as
Vanam
Career

Jean Van Hamme, in numbers

Years active
Corentin, 1943Blake and Mortimer, 1946Epoxy, 1968Histoire sans héros, 1977Thorgal, 1977The Island of Frozen Seas, 1980The Sorceress Betrayed, 1980Nad jezerem beze dna, 1981Černá galéra, 1982Beyond the Shadows, 1983Child of the Stars, 1984Pád Brek Zarithu, 1984XIII, 1984Alinoe, 1985The Archers, 1985Le Grand Pouvoir du Chninkel, 1986Tanatlokovy oči, 1986The Land of Qâ, 1986City of the Lost God, 1987Mezi zemí a světlem, 1988The Master of the Mountains, 1989Aaricia, 1989The Guardian of the Keys, 1991Le Groupe W, 1991Sun Sword, 1992The Invisible Fortress, 1993Ogotai's Crown, 1995The Brand of the Exiles, 1995The Francis Blake Affair, 1996Klec, 1997Arachnea, 1999The blue plague, 1999Kingdom Beneath the Sand, 2001The Strange Encounter, 2001Barbar, 2002Kriss de Valnor, 2004Le Sacrifice, 2006The Curse of the Thirty Denarii, 200938works
Works by year, 1943 to 2009. Known for
17works1940s1960s1980s2000s
Works by decade. Busiest: the 1980s.

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Portrait of Jean Van Hamme

Cover of Blake and MortimerCover of ThorgalCover of XIII
Known for

The essential Jean Van Hamme

Bibliography

54 works, decade by decade

1940s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

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