Bara

Guy Bara was born in Latvia as the son of Belgian diplomats. He spent his childhood in several countries. He returned to Belgium in 1940, where he founded the literary magazine La Faune in 1945. Bara then worked in advertising for several years, before he became editor-in-chief of the magazien Vivre. A year later, he moved to Paris, where he began doing several illustration jobs.

In 1954, he created the character of 'Max, L'Explorateur'. The strip became an international success, and was published in a variety of European newspapers, such as France-Soir, Le Soir, Het Laatste Nieuws and Cork Oserver, among others. From 1964, 'Max' also appeared in longer stories in the magazine Spirou, sometimes scripted by Maurice Rosy. For this magazine, Bara also created 'Kéké Le Perroquet (1963), 'Lamybidas' (1981) and 'Dugazon' (1982). Between 1971 and 1973, he was in charge of the magazine L'Oeuf, a humorous magazine for the medicine branch.

From 1968, Bara was also present in Tintin, where he created 'Éphémère et Rabudol' and where he also created numerous gags of 'Max'. He also started his series 'Cro-Magnon' in this magazine in 1974. This series was later also published in the German magazine Zack, as well as Super-As. In the latter magazine, Bara also created 'Sigiii le Franc'. Guy Bara died on 18 June, 2003.