One of my favorite francobelgium comic book writers has passed away. Philippe Tome, from his real name Philippe Vandevelde, aka TOME, has passed away in the night of the 5th october.
He's mostly known for his work on Eurocomix mascot Spirou, with artist Janry. To be honest that was MY Spirou, growing up. It remains my favorite era of Spirou, even though I later discovered the awesome work of the predecessors (Rob-Vell, Jijé, Franquin) and even enjoyed the following teams (Morvan & Munuera..).
His Spirou was action-packed, filled with humor and great touches of science-fiction.
I specially loved his and Janry's more "grownup" take on Spirou in "Machine qui rêve" ("Dreaming machine").
He also did lots of other stuff, to many to name. But a special mention to Soda, one of my all-time favorite characters. Pulp action cop series taking place in New York.
He will be sorely missed! Rumors were around Tome and Janry (Yes, named after that cartoon duo..) would be returning to Spirou for a special one-shot, no more...
