Chantal De Spiegeleer
{{Short description|Belgian comic book author (1957–2025)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1957|04|15}}
| birth_place = Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2025|02|15|1957|04|15}}
| death_place = Cananéia, São Paulo, Brazil
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| occupation = Comic book author, artist
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| education = Institut Saint-Luc
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Chantal De Spiegeleer (15 April 1957 – 15 February 2025) was a Belgian comic book author and artist.{{cite news |last=Heintz|first=Marc|date=17 February 2025|title=Le décès de Chantal De Spiegeleer femme de liberté et de talent|url=https://www.ligneclaire.info/le-deces-de-chantal-de-spiegeleer-692618.html|trans-title= |work=Ligne Claire|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=19 February 2025}}
Life and career
Born in Léopoldville on 15 April 1957, De Spiegeleer attended the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=21 November 2008|title=En bref|url=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/livres-bd/2008/11/21/en-bref-HHUEHUWR45HLXPAC5PVEW6F3GM/|trans-title= |work=La Libre Belgique|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=19 February 2025}} There, she joined Atelier R, founded by {{ill|Claude Renard|fr|Claude Renard (auteur)}}, where she published her first pages.{{cite book |last=Gaumer|first=Patrick|date=2010|title=Dictionnaire mondial de la BD|url=https://www.bedetheque.com/BD-DOC-Encyclopedies-diverses-Tome-12010-Dictionnaire-mondial-de-la-BD-141104.html|trans-title= |language=French|location=Paris|publisher=Larousse|page=249|isbn=978-2-0358-4331-9|access-date=19 February 2025}} She then published a short story titled Façades blanches in À Suivre magazine in 1978.{{cite web|url=https://bdoubliees.com/asuivre/auteurs2/de_spiegeleer.htm|title=De Spiegeleer Chantal dans (A suivre)|work=BD oubliées|language=French}}
In the 1970s, De Spiegeleer started a career in fashion,{{cite news |last=Gianati|first=L.|date=29 December 2008|title=Madila Intégrale|url=https://www.bdgest.com/chronique-3297-BD-Madila-Integrale.html|trans-title= |work=BD Gest'|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=19 February 2025}} modeling for Cacharel, Daniel Hechter, Armani, and Chanel. In 1980, she met {{ill|René Sterne|fr}}, whom she married and was a colorist for the Adler series with. She also designed a cutout of Coco Chanel looking out at a UFO.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=9 June 2020|title=Chantal De Spiegeleer|url=https://www.lesoir.be/306007/article/2020-06-09/chantal-de-spiegeleer|trans-title= |work=Le Soir|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=19 February 2025}}
In 1987, De Spiegeleer made her debut with Tintin magazine, designing panels for {{ill|Super Tintin|fr}}.{{cite web|url=https://bdoubliees.com/tintin/auteurs2/de_spiegeleer.htm|title=De Spiegeleer Chantal dans Tintin|work=BD Oubliées|language=French}} She then designed a protagonist modeled after Louise Brooks in the series Madila.{{cite book |last=Lechat|first=Jean-Louis|date=1996|title=Un demi-siècle d’aventures t. 2 : 1970 - 1996|url=https://www.bedetheque.com/BD-DOC-Le-Lombard-Un-demi-siecle-d-aventures-L-aventure-sans-fin-Tome-2-8706.html|trans-title= |language=French|location=Brussels|publisher=Le Lombard|page=146, 151, 168, 169, 190|isbn=280361233X|access-date=19 February 2025}} The volumes were published in {{ill|Hello Bédé|fr}},{{cite web|url=https://bdoubliees.com/tintin/series4/madila.htm|title=Madila dans Tintin|work=BD Oubliées|language=French}} as well as Le Lombard in 2008 and 2009.{{cite news |last=Dubos|first=Joël|date=4 December 2008|title=Plus de lectures BD pour Noël : Chantal de Spiegeleer, Madila, L’intégrale, Lombard|url=https://www.bdzoom.com/5594/bd-de-la-semaine/plus-de-lectures-de-bd-pour-noel/|trans-title= |work=BDzoom|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=19 February 2025}}
De Spiegeleer and her husband settled on Union Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1992. She then devoted herself to virtual painting, video games, and fabric design. She also collaborated on two collective albums devoted to children's rights and women's rights.{{cite web|url=https://www.tebeosfera.com/autores/de_spiegeleer_chantal.html|title=Chantal De Spiegeleer|work=Tebeosfera|language=Spanish}} She also finished the book The Curse of the Thirty Denarii in 2009, which had been started by her husband prior to his death in 2006.{{cite news |last=Farinaud|first=S.|date=26 November 2009|title=Blake et Mortimer (Les Aventures de) 19. La Malédiction des trente deniers - Tome 1 - Le manuscrit de Nicodemus|url=https://www.bdgest.com/chronique-3837-BD-Blake-et-Mortimer-Les-Aventures-de-La-Malediction-des-trente-deniers-Tome-1.html|trans-title= |work=BD Gest'|language=Spanish|location= |publisher= |access-date=19 February 2025}}
Chantal De Spiegeleer died in Cananéia on 15 February 2025, at the age of 67.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=18 February 2025|title=Décès de Chantal De Spiegeleer|url=https://www.lelombard.com/actualite/actualites/deces-de-chantal-de-spiegeleer|trans-title= |work=Le Lombard|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=19 February 2025}}
Publications
=As author=
- Mirabelle (1982)
- Madila
- Madila Bay (1988)
- Rouge Rubis (1989)
- Octavie (1992)
- Zelda et moi (1995)
- Intégrale Madila (2008)
- The Curse of the Thirty Denarii (2009)
=As artist=
- L'Avion du Nanga (1987)
- Le Repaire du Katana (1988)
- Muerte transit (1989)
- Dernière Mission (1992)
- Black Bounty (1995)
- L'Île perdue (1996)
- La Jungle rouge (1997){{cite news |last=Langevin|first=Sébastien|date=January 1998|title=BD hébétée|url= |trans-title= |work=BoDoï|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=}}
- Les Maudits (1998){{cite news |last=Mélikian|first=Laurent|date=January 1999|title=Pinochet, pinoku !|url= |trans-title= |work=BoDoiï|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=}}
- La Force (2000)
- Le Goulag (2003){{cite news |last=Matthys|first=Francis|date=17 April 2003|title=Dans le dantesque Goulag|url=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/livres-bd/2003/04/17/dans-le-dantesque-goulag-64CGC3UGGFGABCORH7DHBEKKSE/|trans-title= |work=La Libre Belgique|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=19 February 2025}}
- Adler: Intégrale 1 (2008)
- Adler: Intégrale 2 (2008)
=Collective works=
- Los derechos del niño (with {{ill|Alain Bignon|fr}} and René Sterne, 1991)
- Los derechos de la mujer (with Annie Goetzinger and {{ill|Cinzia Ghigliano|fr}}, 1992)
=Art books=
- 80 chats pour Tania, 10 ans pour Pepperland (1980){{cite web|url=https://www.bedetheque.com/BD-AUT-Collectif-Pepperland-1970-1980-306131.html|title=(AUT) Collectif|work=BD Gest'|language=French}}
- Fax to fax (1996)
=Public collections=
References
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Category:Belgian comics writers
Category:Belgian comics artists
Category:Belgian female comics writers