Maurice Rosy

Maurice Rosy
Born	17 November 1927 (1927-11-17) (age 84) Fontaine-l'Évêque, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Area(s)	writer
Notable works	Tif et Tondu Bobo

Maurice Rosy (17 November 1927 in Fontaine-l'Évêque), is a Belgian comics writer who also worked as artistic director of Spirou during its golden period.

Biography

Rosy was employed by Charles Dupuis in 1954 as "giver of ideas" of the comics magazine Spirou and two years later assumed the position of artistic director, which he remained until 1971. Along with Yvan Delporte, he is credited with responsibility of the magazine's success during the 1950s and 1960s.^[1]

In the early 50s he wrote scenarios for André Franquin's series Spirou et Fantasio, and Jijé's Jerry Spring, before he took over the writing of Tif et Tondu from Luc Bermar, collaborating with Will over a period of thirteen years.^[2] As Spirou took to publishing the mini–récit (mini story booklets) Rosy had a hand in the creation of new series that began in this format, and in 1959 Rosy worked with Jean Roba to create the series Boule et Bill.^[3] In 1961 he collaborated with Paul Deliège to create Bobo.^[4] After working on Bobo for several years, even as artist on occasions, he created the series Attila in 1967, illustrated by Derib.^[1]

Bibliography

Series	Years	Albums	Artist	Editor	Remarks
Spirou et Fantasio	1953–1956	2	Franquin	Dupuis	Le dictateur et le champignon, Les pirates du silence
Tif et Tondu	1955 - 1969	12	Will	Dupuis	Created Monsieur Choc (Mister Shock), a popular villain
Boule et Bill	1959 - 1960	2	Jean Roba	Dupuis
Bobo	1961–1972	7	Paul Deliège	Dupuis	artwork also by Rosy during periods of the strip's run.
Attila	1969–1974	4	Derib	Dupuis

Sources

• Maurice Rosy publications in Spirou BBoubliées (French)
• Maurice Rosy albums Bedetheque (French)

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Maurice Rosy". http://lambiek.net/artists/r/rosy_m.htm. 
2. ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Will". http://lambiek.net/artists/w/will.htm. 
3. ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Jean Roba". http://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/roba.htm. 
4. ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Paul Deliège". http://lambiek.net/artists/d/deliege.htm. 

External links

• Maurice Rosy biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia

Persondata
Name	Rosy, Maurice
Alternative names
Short description	comic writer
Date of birth	17 November 1927
Place of birth	Fontaine-l'Évêque, Belgium
Date of death
Place of death