25 November, 2024
Count Champignac sketch "pour Fantasmagorie" (ill. Tome; (c) the artist; Spirou (c) Dupuis; image from 2dgalleries.com)

It’s Official: Tome – Janry

Tome & Janry (Philippe Vandevelde and Jean-Richard Geurts) were stewards of the Spirou & Fantasio series for almost twenty years, and have now been making Le Petit Spirou (“Little Spirou”) for twenty-five. Eventually, Tome became the script-writer and Janry the artist, but Tome could also draw, and he has made these sketches for various book dedications to fans:

(Spirou, Fantasio, Count Champignac)

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I grew up reading Spirou in Scandinavian translations. Now I'm learning French and trying to decode the originals.

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9 thoughts on “It’s Official: Tome – Janry

  1. I got a a sketch from him at the spirou festival last year. I thought being a writer he would just sign his name so it was a nice surprise.

  2. I like his Count Champignac, particularly… The simplicity of Spirou and Fantasio isn’t as well captured…

    I heard Yann also was a decent artist, I wonder whether he’d draw dedicacés like that.

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