Zidrou


Benoît Drousie, who signs as Zidrou, is a Belgian comic book writer.

Life and career

Born in Anderlecht, Drousie worked as a teacher for six years before writing for comics in the early 1990s. He published his first comic in the 1991 Christmas supplement of Spirou magazine, with "La triste fin du Père Noël", drawn by De Brab. In 1992 he formed a writing studio with his friend Falzar, with whom he published the first album of the series Margot et Oscar Pluche, again with art by De Brab. The following year, he would establish himself as a screenwriter on various series for the weekly magazine Spirou.
During the 1990s, he would establish himself as one of the weekly's most versatile humor writers, creating series such as L'Élève Ducobu, Tamara, and the aforementioned Margot et Oscar Pluche, and signing a multitude of short comics drawn by different artists. Starting in the 2000s, and without abandoning his collaborations with Spirou, he would start writing more serious comics, specializing over time as a writer of graphic novels and thrillers.

Works published in English

2010
  • Lydie
  • * English version:Lydie Translated by Mercedes Claire Gilliom. Europe Comics, 2018
2013
  • Pendant que le roi de Prusse faisait la guerre, qui reprisait ses chaussettes?
  • * While the king of Prussia was waging war, who do you think was darning his socks?
2014
  • La Mondaine
  • * Tome 1
  • ** English version: The Vice Squad, vol. 1. Europe Comics, 2016
  • * Tome 2; 2014
  • ** English version: The Vice Squad, vol.2. Europe Comics, 2017
2015:
  • Les beaux étés series
  • *1. Cap au Sud, 2015
  • **English version: Southbound!, 2018, Europe Comics
  • *2. La Calanque, 2016
  • **English version:The Calanque,2018, Europe Comics
  • *3. Mam'zelle Estérel, 2017
  • **English version:Little Miss Esterel, 2018, Europe Comics
  • *4. Le Repos du guerrier, 2018
  • **English version:The Warrior's Haven, 2019, Europe Comics
  • *5. La Fugue, Dargaud, Bruxelles, 2018,
  • **English version:The Runway, 2018, Europe Comics
  • *6. Les Genêts, 2021
2016:
  • L'Adoption series
  • * 1. Qinaya, 2016
  • * 2. La Garùa, 2017 -
  • * 3. Wajdi, 2021
  • * 4. Les Repentirs, 2023,
  • * 5. Le Sourire du plombier,2024
  • * English version: The Adoption

2017
  • Natures mortes
  • * English version:The Muse, 2018, Europe Comics
  • Emma G. Wildford
  • * English version:Emma G. Wildford,
2018
  • L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments
  • * English version:Blossoms in Autumn
2020
  • La bête/''Marsupilami:The Beast
  • *Volume 1, 2020
  • **English version: Europe Comics, 2021
  • *Volume 2, 2023
2021
  • La balleine bibliothèque
  • *English version:The Whale Library''