Griffo

Griffo

Born May 21, 1949 - Belgian

Topics :
  • Adventure
  • Historical
  • Crime novel
  • Thriller
  • Dystopia
  • Occult
  • Futuristic story
  • Fantasy
  • Action
  • Literary adaptation
  • Classical
22 available pages
  • Mythic series
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A Very Long Career

Griffo enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1965, at the age of 15. Beginning in 1975, he took over Les gags de Modeste et Pompon (The Gags of Modeste and Pompon) for Le Journal de Tintin and created humorous mini-stories for the quarterly Tintin-Sélection. In 1984, Griffo offered his services to Spirou magazine, which commissioned him to illustrate a script written by a certain Van Hamme: SOS Bonheur (S.O.S. Happiness). His meeting with Dufaux in the mid-1980s marked a turning point in his career. Together, they launched Beatifica Blues, Samba Bugatti and Monsieur Noir (Mr. Black). After illustrating Giacomo C. and Vlad—with Yves Swolfs as writer—he worked on L’Ultime Chimère (The Ultimate Chimera), a collaborative series based on a script by LF Bollée, before taking on the series L’Oracle della Luna (The Oracle of the Moon), adapted from Frédéric Lenoir’s novel. Based on a script by Desberg, he created Sherman and Golden Dogs for Le Lombard. In 2015, he published an album dedicated to the painter Hieronymus Bosch with Glénat. In 2017, he teamed up with Rodolphe for the two-part series Dickens & Dickens published by Vents d’Ouest, followed by Utopie in 2023, published by Delcourt. At Glénat, he is also known for the series Oliver Page & les tueurs de temps (Oliver Page & The Time Killers) and the one-shot Venise sur les pas de Casanova (Venice on the footsteps of Casanova). More recently, in 2022, he published Iruène with Daniel Maghen, and La Main du Diable (The Devil's Hand) with Editions Anspach (2025). For his body of work, Griffo was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture. 

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Griffo © Glénat, 2026 (banner) © Romuald Meigneux (portrait)

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