Forton, Gérald
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Birth Place
- Brussels (Belgium)
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Comic books, strips, etc.
Occupation
Comic strip artist
Illustrator
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Sources
- found: nuc91-2702: Vernes, H. Aventures de Bob Morane, 1967-(hdg. on CaBVaU rept.: Forton, Gérald; usage: Gérald Forton)
- found: LC data base, 04-13-92(hdg.: Forton, Gérald)
- found: From lambiek.net, August 26, 2016:Gérald Forton is an artist of realistic comics published in most of the important French and Belgian comic magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He had a second career as a comic book and storyboard artist for the US market in the 1980s and 1990s. His grandfather was Louis Forton, a French comics pioneer of the early 20th century and the creator of 'Les Pieds Nickelés'. Born in Brussels, he studied Fine Arts in Paris and began his professional career in 1950 with drawing short stories for magazines.
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Change Notes
- 1992-04-13: new
- 2016-08-26: revised
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