Will (comics)

Will
Will
	Willy Maltaite, 1996
Born	Willy Maltaite; 30 October 1927; Anthée [fr], Belgium
Died	18 February 2000 (aged 72)
Nationality	Belgian
Area(s)	Artist, colourist, writer
Notable works	Tif et Tondu ; Isabelle; Le jardin des désirs

Willy Maltaite (French:

Morris, and Jijé himself), and a founding member of the Marcinelle school.^[1]

Work

Over a long association with the

Spirou et Fantasio and Benoît Brisefer. During the period of 1958–60, Will also acted as artistic director of Spirou's rival publication Tintin

Tif et Tondu, 39 albums with various collaborators, Dupuis.
Isabelle, 12 albums with Yvan Delporte, André Franquin and Raymond Macherot (story), Dupuis, 1972-1995.
L'Île d'outre-monde, Natacha n°10 (art), with François Walthéry (art) and Marc Wasterlain (story), Dupuis, 1980.
Contribution to collective Il était une fois les belges (Once Upon a Time There Were the Belgians), Le Lombard, 1980.
L'ogresse des carpartes, with Yann (story), in Les Histoires merveilleuses des oncles Paul, Vents d'Ouest, 1986.
Le jardin des désirs (The Garden of Desires), with Stephen Desberg (story), Dupuis, coll. " Aire Libre ", 1988.
La 27e lettre (The 27th Letter), with Stephen Desberg (story), Dupuis, coll. " Aire Libre ", 1990.
L'appel de l'enfer (Appeal in Hell), with Stephen Desberg, P&T Productions, 1993.
Isabelle in the collective Brel n°2, Vents d'Ouests, 1997.
L'arbre des deux printemps (The Tree of the Two Springs), with Rudi Miel (story), Le Lombard, collective "Signé", 2000. Will could not finish the last 4 pages prior to his death.

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	France BnF data Germany United States
Artists	RKD Artists