Delaf (the pen name of Marc Delafontaine, born October 9, 1973) is a Québécois comic strip writer, cartoonist, animator and scriptwriter. His is best known for his work in The Bellybuttons (Les Nombrils), a comics feature that he co-created with his then wife, Maryse Dubuc.
Delaf
Delaf, photographed in 2022
Born
Marc Delafontaine (1973-10-09) October 9, 1973 (age 50) Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Born in Quebec in 1973, Marc Delafontaine initially began his career working for the animation studio CINAR as an animator, layout artist and storyboarder for such shows as Caillou and The Little Lulu Show[1] Afterwards, he would later move on to working as an illustrator, illustrating brochures meant to teach French as a second language. [2]
In 2004, Delaf and Dubuc would co-create Les Nombrils, a comic strip that focuses on the social life of three teenage girls, for the Québécois humour magazine, Safarir. The following year, Spirou, a Franco-Belgian comics magazine, would pick up the strip, which they carried ever since. However, in 2021, production on the comic came to a halt when coauthor Dubuc separated from Delaf, thus leaving the comic on an indefinite hiatus.
Gaston Lagaffe Rebootedit
During the 2022 Angouleme Festival, Dupuis had announced that Delaf would become the new author of the Gaston Lagaffe comics. A new album with a print run of over 1 million copies was scheduled for October 2022. Although André Franquin, the original author, transferred all the rights associated with the character to his company Marsu Productions in 1992, Dupuis, bought back the rights to the character in 2013. In March 2022, Isabelle Franquin, the daughter and curator of André Franquin's estate, went to the courts of Brussels in order oppose the distribution, pre-publication and promotion of the new comics, which she considered to be an act of fraudulent plagiarism.[3] This would later be settled out of court.
^"BD: la fille de Franquin demande à la justice belge d'interdire "Le Retour de Lagaffe". France 24. March 29, 2022. Archived from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
External linksedit
Dupuis: Author page for Delaf (in French)
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delaf, name, marc, ontaine, born, october, 1973, québécois, comic, strip, writer, cartoonist, animator, scriptwriter, best, known, work, bellybuttons, nombrils, comics, feature, that, created, with, then, wife, maryse, dubuc, photographed, 2022bornmarc, ontain. Delaf the pen name of Marc Delafontaine born October 9 1973 is a Quebecois comic strip writer cartoonist animator and scriptwriter His is best known for his work in The Bellybuttons Les Nombrils a comics feature that he co created with his then wife Maryse Dubuc DelafDelaf photographed in 2022BornMarc Delafontaine 1973 10 09 October 9 1973 age 50 Sherbrooke Quebec CanadaNationalityCanadianArea s Writer illustrator animator storyboard artistNotable worksThe BellybuttonsCollaboratorsMaryse DubucSpouse s Maryse Dubuc separated 2021 Delaf left and Dubuc right at Salon international du livre de Quebec in Quebec City 2010 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Gaston Lagaffe Reboot 2 Bibliography 2 1 Comics series 2 2 Contributions 3 References 4 External linksBiography editBorn in Quebec in 1973 Marc Delafontaine initially began his career working for the animation studio CINAR as an animator layout artist and storyboarder for such shows as Caillou and The Little Lulu Show 1 Afterwards he would later move on to working as an illustrator illustrating brochures meant to teach French as a second language 2 In 2004 Delaf and Dubuc would co create Les Nombrils a comic strip that focuses on the social life of three teenage girls for the Quebecois humour magazine Safarir The following year Spirou a Franco Belgian comics magazine would pick up the strip which they carried ever since However in 2021 production on the comic came to a halt when coauthor Dubuc separated from Delaf thus leaving the comic on an indefinite hiatus Gaston Lagaffe Reboot edit During the 2022 Angouleme Festival Dupuis had announced that Delaf would become the new author of the Gaston Lagaffe comics A new album with a print run of over 1 million copies was scheduled for October 2022 Although Andre Franquin the original author transferred all the rights associated with the character to his company Marsu Productions in 1992 Dupuis bought back the rights to the character in 2013 In March 2022 Isabelle Franquin the daughter and curator of Andre Franquin s estate went to the courts of Brussels in order oppose the distribution pre publication and promotion of the new comics which she considered to be an act of fraudulent plagiarism 3 This would later be settled out of court Bibliography editComics series edit The Bellybuttons Les Nombrils written and coloured by Dubuc 2004 2021 Gaston Lagaffe Gomer Goof 2022 present Contributions edit Le Guide junior pour bien elever ses parents Goupil amp Douye amp Dubuc Editions Vents d Ouest Collection Le guide junior March 2005 ISBN 2749302137 Le pere Noel qui ne croyait plus aux enfants written by Dubuc Editions Vents d Ouest ISBN 978 2 89579 104 1 2 89579 104 X References edit Marc Delafontaine IMDB April 5 2023 Delaf Lambiek August 4 2014 BD la fille de Franquin demande a la justice belge d interdire Le Retour de Lagaffe France 24 March 29 2022 Archived from the original on March 29 2022 Retrieved April 5 2023 External links editDupuis Author page for Delaf in French nbsp This profile of a Canadian comics creator writer or artist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Delaf amp oldid 1220885002, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
