André Geerts
André Geerts was a Belgian comics creator best known for his series Jojo.
Biography
André Geerts was born in Brussels in 1955. He studied at the Institut Saint-Luc art school in Brussels. He started working for Le Soir Jeunesse in 1974, when he was only 18 years old, before joining the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou. His success series Jojo, about the small scale, real life but humoristic adventures of a boy of seven years old, started in 1983, with on average one new album a year. Jojo was adapted to the animated television special Jojo: The Violet Mystery in 2000, and a series was under development. He also created later on Mademoiselle Louise, about a girl of about the same age as Jojo, but who is extremely rich and lonely.Geerts died in 2010 from cancer.
Awards
- 1980: Prix Saint-Michel for best comical artist
- 1994: Oecumenic Jury Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for the first volume of Mademoiselle Louise
- 1997: Grand Prix of the city of Durbuy for Monde Cruel
- 1998: Crayon d'or of the city of Brussels, awarded by the Belgian Chamber of Comic Experts
- 2003: Grand prix of the city of Brussels, awarded at the festival of Ganshoren
- 2003: Prix Saint-Michel for best French language youth comic for Jojo
- 2007: Prize of the Young Readers at the Festival of Vaison-la-Romaine for Jojo 16: Jojo vétérinaire
- 2007: nominated for the Prix Saint-Michel for best youth comic for Jojo 16: Jojo vétérinaire
- 2008: nominated for the Prix Saint-Michel for best youth comic for Jojo 17: ''Confisqué''