About the author
Turk
(Philippe Liégeois)
(b. 8/7/1947, Belgium)
After working at the art studios of the publishing house Dupuis, Philippe Liégeois (Turk) began a longtime cooperation with Bob De Groot. Turk started out assisting De Groot on '4 x 8 = 32, L'Espion Caméléon' in Pilote in 1968 (text by Fred). The same year, they created 'Archimède' in the micro-story section of Spirou magazine. The joined Tintin in 1969, and began their first big series, 'Robin Dubois'. In 1970, they took over the 'Clifton' series from Jo-El Azara. Turk continued the series, originally created by Raymond Macherot, until 1985. In addition, Turk drew the backgrounds of 'Le Club des Peur-de-Rien' for Tibet in Chez Nous Junior from 1972 to 1976. He also cooperated with Dupa and Greg on 'Alice au Pays des Merveilles', that was published by Lombard in 1973.
Turk drew various gag series for several magazines, such as 'Roro' in Junior and 'Buzz et Toby' in Le Soir. In 1975, Turk and De Groot created their second big series, 'Léonard', in Achille Talon Magazine. After the disappearance of this magazine, the series is continued in the French Pif and in the Dutch magazines Pep and Eppo. In the early stages of their collaboration, Turk and De Groot cooperated on both artwork and scenario. But eventually, De Groot took on most of the writing duties, while Turk focused on the artwork.
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