Serge Gennaux
(b. 13/01/1938, Belgium)
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After an appearance in Héroic Albums ('Du Grisbi en Vrac'), Serge Gennaux became apprentice of Maurice Tillieux in 1957. Two years later, he joined the lettering studios of the publishing house Dupuis. From 1960, he was one of the most prominent providers of short comics for Spirou magazine, which he made either alone or with Charles Degotte, Hubuc or Salvé. From 1968 to 1972, he drew his first series, 'Loryfland et Chifmol' with scripts by Raoul Cauvin. In addition, Gennaux wrote scripts for Willy Lambil's series 'Hobby et Koala' and 'Sandy et Hoppy'. During this period, he also cooperated on the first animated cartoons of 'Les Schtroumpfs'.
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In 1965, Gennaux created 'L'Homme aux Phylactères', a gag series about a man and his word balloons, that played with the conventions of the comics language. At the same time, he was present at Tintin with the humorous medieval series 'Le Chevallier qui Venait du Froid'. In 1970, he began a collaboration with the artist Jamic, and launched the television parodies 'Les Télé-Graphistes' and 'Les Émissions Impossibles' in Télé-Moustique. In later years, Gennaux dropped most of his comics activities and began to work at the graphical departments of the magazines Humo and Télé-Moustique.
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