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October 07 2019The world of comics is in mourning. Belgian screenwriter Philippe Vandevelde, known by the stage name of Tome, co-creator of "Piccolo Spirou" and "Soda", died last Saturday at the age of 62 in Brussels. The news of the disappearance was given by "Amis de Spirou" on Facebook.Tome's career in comics officially begins in 1975 when he meets Belgian designer Janry (aka Jean-Richard Geurts), becoming both assistant to Dupa (Luc Dupanloup), the draftsman
creator of "Cubitus". In 1980 the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Spirou" offers them to do some work and little by little they are gaining more and more space. In 1982, Tome resumed the historical series "Spirou e Fantasio" and in 1988 the "Piccolo Spirou" series was born.
Tome also creates other series like "Soda" (1986, drawings by Warnant, then by Gazzotti), an unusual policeman who disguises himself as a priest to avoid making his mother worry, and "Le Gang Mazda" (1991, drawings by Darasse) .
In 1991 he also produced the texts for a realistic story on the subject of racism, "Sur la route de Selma", designed by Berthet, followed in 1998 by "Berceuse assasine".
Great creators of gags, both graphic and written, Tome and his colleague Janry propose themselves as one of the best pairs of Franco-Belgian comics: they succeeded in the very difficult operation of renewing "their" "Spirou", without distorting his personality.
Philippe Tome, RIP
Ici avec Warnant pour Soda 1, 1987 pic.twitter.com/TxfoxbekwA