About the artist
Ferry
(Fernand van Fosselen)
(b. 23/04/1944, Belgium)
Ferry van Fosselen is a Belgian artist who publishes under his first name, Ferry. He studied advertising at the Saint-Luc in Gand for four years, before the took on a study in art history at the University of Gent. He has always had a strong passion for history, and especially archeology, which is reflected in his work. He made his debut in Le Soir, where he published the short western 'Le Relais' with text by Daniel Janssens. He continued his collaboration with Le Soir with the story 'Savary' in 1974.
After an appearance in the Belgian edition of Pilote, he turned to Tintin, where started out doing several short medieval comics and the series 'Cédric'. He teamed up with writer Yves Duval to create several short stories about historical disasters, which were collected in the album 'Les Grandes Catastrophes' in 1984. Between 1977 and 1992 he created the historical fantasy series 'Ian Kalédine' with text by Jean-Luc Vernal. In 1993, he began the series 'Les Chroniques de Panchrysia', which ran for five books until 1999. As a scenarist, Ferry has written 'Le Gardien de la Lance' for Ersel and 'Les Chasseurs de Rêves' for Arnaud Leterrier, both published by Glénat.
Ferry was also a teacher at the Saint-Luc Institute in Gent. Shortly after his retirement from this school, he was asked to become the new artist for Jacques Martin's classic series 'Alix'. The first book drawn by Ferry appeared in 2009.
Source http://www.lambiek.net
