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Eric De Rop

Eric De Rop was a Belgian comic book artist. He designed comics for the Studio Vandersteen for 43 years.

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Eric De Rop
De Rop in 2016
Born(1954-04-14)14 April 1954
Wilrijk, Belgium
Died1 October 2025(2025-10-01) (aged 71)
OccupationComic book artist

Eric De Rop (14 April 1954 – 1 October 2025) was a Belgian comic book artist.1 He designed comics for the Studio Vandersteen for 43 years.2

Life and career

Born in Wilrijk on 14 April 1954, De Rop was the son of fellow comic book artist Eduard De Rop.3 The first series he worked on were Bessy and Jérôme.4 His contributions were later published in 2022 by BD Must.5 In 1984, he began working on the series Spike and Suzy, which he continued to contribute to until 2015.6 He was also active as a political cartoonist for 't Pallieterke. 7 His son became a famous graffiti artist under the name Bué le Guerrier.8

De Rop died on 1 October 2025, at the age of 71.9

Works

L'Énigme verte

  • L'Énigme verte (1985)10

Albert & C

  • Albert & C (2008)

Les Gueux

  • Les Sept Chasseurs (2022)
  • La Pie sur la potence (2022)
  • Baguette, la sorcière (2022)

Collective works

  • Carte blanche (2016)11
References

References

  1. "Eric De Rop (71) overleden". De Stripspeciaalzaak (in Dutch). 1 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  2. "Het zit erop". Stripelmagazine (in Dutch). 15 June 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. "De Studio". Studio Vandersteen (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 23 February 2015.
  4. "De Rop, Éric". BD Gest' (in French).
  5. "Les gueux". BD Gest' (in French).
  6. "En ook nog..." De Stripspeciaalzaak (in Dutch). 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  7. "Eric De Rop". Lambiek.
  8. "De straatkunstenaar en het model" (PDF). viso.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2014.
  9. Vets, Tom (1 October 2025). "PORTRET. Eric De Rop (71) overleden, het tekentalent dat bij Studio Vandersteen aan bijna alle reeksen meewerkte". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  10. "l'Énigme verte". LastDodo (in French).
  11. "(AUT) Walthéry, François". BD Gest' (in French).