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Marcel Denis (February 15, 1923 - March 18, 2002, Belgium)

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Marcel Denis started his career as a humorous illustrator. He cooperated on several periodicals, such as La Vie au Foyer, Le Moustique and Le Soir Illustré. He began making comics in 1947. Among his early work are 'Le Professeur Vianrose' in L'Optimiste and 'Jim et Bill Butterson, Détectives' in La Défense Sociale. He joined the publishing house Dupuis in 1952, beginning as a letterer. Five years later, he worked in a small studio, led by André Franquin. There, he wrote two short stories of 'Spirou et Fantasio' and helped create 'Les Boumptérix' with Franquin, Jidéhem and Roba, under the collective pseudonym of "Ley Kip".

For the magazine Spirou, he came up with the comical series 'Les Frères Clips'. From 1962 to 1964 he briefly took over the 'Tif et Tondu' series from Will, doing two long stories with the characters. While continuing his own 'Frères Clips' series, Denis cooperated with Marcel Remacle on the scenarios of 'Le Vieux Nick' and 'Hultrasson' until 1971. Afterwards, Marcel Denis left the comics field and concentrated on painting. He passed away in March, 2002.