Yves Sente
Encyclopedia
Yves Sente is a Belgian
comic book
editor and author. He is known as writer for Blake and Mortimer
and Thorgal
.
near Brussels
in 1964. After studying in Belgium, he went to high school in Arlington Heights, Illinois
before returning to Belgium to study law at the Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis
and international affairs at the Université catholique de Louvain
. He contributed cartoons to a number of magazines from 1986 on, including The Wall Street Journal Europe
.
Sente started to work fulltime in the comics industry in 1991 as editor at Le Lombard
, one of the main publishers of Franco-Belgian comics
.
Knowing a lot of authors through his work as an editor, Sente branched out to writing comics, specializing in continuing existing successful series where the original author had died or was no longer interested in it. He also create two new short series.
Sente is now one of the best selling comics writers. By 2003, his new adventure of Blake and Mortimer reached sales of 600,000 copies, with the sequel the next year still selling 520,000 copies. By 2007, his reprise of Thorgal also reached the top ten of bestselling French comics with an initial run of 250,000 copies.
has declared to be no longer interested. He was contacted by the artist William Vance
and has agreed to propose a story to Van Hamme, but no agreement has been reached yet.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
comic book
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
editor and author. He is known as writer for Blake and Mortimer
Blake and Mortimer
Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and comics artist Edgar P. Jacobs. It was one of the first series to appear in the Belgian comics magazine Tintin in 1946, and was subsequently published in book form by Les Editions du Lombard.The main protagonists of the...
and Thorgal
Thorgal
Thorgal is a critically acclaimed Belgian comic book series by the Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński. It first appeared in serial form in the "Tintin" magazine in 1977, and has been published in hardcover volumes by Le Lombard from 1980 on...
.
Biography
Yves Sente was born in UccleUccle
Uccle or Ukkel is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.Uccle is known for its well-to-do areas, its green spots and its high rental rates.-History:...
near Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
in 1964. After studying in Belgium, he went to high school in Arlington Heights, Illinois
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Arlington Heights is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about 25 miles northwest of the city's downtown. The population was 75,101 at the 2010 census....
before returning to Belgium to study law at the Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis
Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis
The Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis in Brussels, Belgium is a public university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French...
and international affairs at the Université catholique de Louvain
Université catholique de Louvain
The Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known, especially in Belgium, as UCL, is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels...
. He contributed cartoons to a number of magazines from 1986 on, including The Wall Street Journal Europe
The Wall Street Journal Europe
The Wall Street Journal Europe is a daily English-language newspaper that covers global and regional business news for Europe, the Middle East and Africa...
.
Sente started to work fulltime in the comics industry in 1991 as editor at Le Lombard
Le Lombard
Le Lombard or Lombard Editions is a Belgian comic book publisher established in 1946 when the Tintin magazine was launched. In 1986 the company was acquired by Média-Participations.-Titles:Lombard's more famous series include:*Clifton...
, one of the main publishers of Franco-Belgian comics
Franco-Belgian comics
Franco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée in French and stripverhalen in Dutch...
.
Knowing a lot of authors through his work as an editor, Sente branched out to writing comics, specializing in continuing existing successful series where the original author had died or was no longer interested in it. He also create two new short series.
Sente is now one of the best selling comics writers. By 2003, his new adventure of Blake and Mortimer reached sales of 600,000 copies, with the sequel the next year still selling 520,000 copies. By 2007, his reprise of Thorgal also reached the top ten of bestselling French comics with an initial run of 250,000 copies.
XIII
Sente is interested to continue the series XIII now that Jean Van HammeJean Van Hamme
Jean Van Hamme is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including Histoire sans héros, Thorgal, XIII and Largo Winch.-Early years:...
has declared to be no longer interested. He was contacted by the artist William Vance
William Vance
William Vance, the pen name of William van Cutsem, born 8 September 1935, is a Belgian comics artist widely known throughout a long career for his distinctive style and work in Franco-Belgian comics.- Biography :...
and has agreed to propose a story to Van Hamme, but no agreement has been reached yet.
Awards
- 2000: Award for Best Short Comic Strip at the Haxtur AwardHaxtur AwardThe Haxtur Award is a Spanish award for comics published in Spain. It is awarded annually at the Salón Internacional del Cómic del Principado de Asturias ....
s for The Voronov Plot: also nominated for best script - 2006: nominated for Best French Comic at the Prix Saint-MichelPrix Saint-MichelThe Prix Saint-Michel is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels, with a focus on Franco-Belgian comics. They were first awarded in 1971, and are the second oldest comics award in Europe still presented, behind the Adamson Awards...
in BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
for Vengeance du comte Skarbek 2: Un coeur de bronze - 2006: nominated for Best Long Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards for Vengeance du comte Skarbek
- 2007: nominated for Best Story at the Prix Saint-Michel for Le janitor 1: l'Ange de Malte