Thierry Capezzone Robbedoes en Kwabbernoot

From the Lambiek comcclopedia
Thierry Capezzone is a French comic artist, mostly active in the Danish comic book industry. Early in his career, he was present in Spirou magazine as assistant on the 'L'Agent 212' comic and as illustrator of the cartoon section 'Dingo-pubs' (co-created by Vincent Deporter). Together with Deporter and Michel Rodrigue, he also provided artwork for a reboot of the long-running comic series 'Les Pieds Nickelés'. Since his move to Denmark, Capezzone is best known for his award-winning comic series 'H.C. Andersen Junior' (2003-2010), written by Jan Rybka. This series, based on the life and fairy tales of famous Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, has been translated in several languages. He has additionally drawn many comic stories based on Danish history, and worked with several iconic characters for Scandinavian releases, including 'The Katzenjammer Kids', the inhabitants of the town Flåklypa and the anthropomorphic bear 'Rasmus Klump' ('Bruin' or 'Petzi' in English).