- Bob de Groot
Infobox Comics creator
name = Bob de Groot
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birthdate = birth date and age|1941|10|26
location =Brussels ,Belgium
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nationality = Belgian
area = artist, writer
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awards =Bob de Groot was born on
26 October 1941 inBrussels , to Dutch and French parents and is a Belgiancomics artist and writer.Biography
While still a young art student de Groot got his first comics experience as an assistant to
Maurice Tillieux on "Félix".Cite web|last=Lambiek Comiclopedia|title=Bob de Groot|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/d/de-groot_bob.htm] He began creating shorter work for the comics magazine "Pilote ", with creators such asHubuc , Reiser. With Fred as scenarist he drew the strip "4 x 8 = 32 L'Agent Caméléon" in the late 60s. When the artist Turk joined to assist on the series, de Groot gradually took on increasing amounts of work asscenarist and went on to collaborate with Turk on several series, including "Archimède", "Robin Dubois" and eventuallyRaymond Macherot 's Clifton. They also created "Léonard" for "Achille Talon " magazine in 1975, before de Groot began a prolific production of comics scenarios for many comics artists, including Tibet,Dupa ,Francq , Greg and Dany. With Rodrigue he created "Doggyguard" and continued the "Clifton" series, and with Morris he collaborated on stories for "Lucky Luke " and "Rantanplan ".Bibliography
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* [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/auteurs1/degroot.htm Bob de Groot publications in "Spirou"] , [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/auteurs1/degroot.htm "Pilote"] , [http://bdoubliees.com/vaillantpif/auteurs2/degroot.htm "Vaillant" and "Pif"] , [http://bdoubliees.com/tintinbelge/auteurs2/degroot.htm Belgian "Tintin"] and [http://bdoubliees.com/journaltintin/auteurs2/degroot.htm French "Tintin"] , BDoubliées fr_icon
* Béra, Michel; Denni, Michel; and Mellot, Philippe (2002): "Trésors de la Bande Dessinée 2003-2004".Paris , Les éditions de l'amateur. ISBN 2-85917-357-9
* Matla, Hans: "Stripkatalogus 9: De negende dimensie". Panda,Den Haag , 1998. ISBN 90-6438-111-9;FootnotesExternal links
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/d/de-groot_bob.htm Bob de Groot biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia
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