Charel Cambré (born 27 April 1968 as Carl Cambré) is a Flemish Belgian comics artist and author.
Biography
Carl Cambré was born in 1968 in
Herenthout. After his studies at the art school of Lier and animation at the
Royal Academy of Ghent, he worked in some foreign animation studies, before he started creating comics. He lives in Nieuwrode, a part of
Holsbeek.[1]
His first published comic was Streetkids in Suske & Wiske Weekblad, which appeared from 1993 until 2003. From 2005 on he worked for the
Studio Vandersteen, while continuing to create his own series at the same time.[2] He often works together with
Marc Legendre, first on the Spike and Suzy spin-off series Amoras, and since 2017 on the Spirou et Fantasio spin-off Robbedoes Special, which marks the first time that Flemish authors have created an album in the iconic Franco-Belgian comic series.[3]
Amoras was a limited series of six albums, and became one of the best-selling comics in Flanders, with nearly 500,000 copies sold by February 2015.[4] It was continued with the prequel De Kronieken van Amoras, and the
Belgian Comic Strip Center devoted in 2016 an exposition to the series.[5]
In his early years he also painted on walls. This one in 1998 in the railway station of Turnhout
Bibliography
2002-2003: De Pfaffs: 2 albums, celebrity comic about the family of goalkeeper
Jean-Marie Pfaff
2004-2007: Spring: 6 albums, derived from a Flemish TV series
2007-2009: Mega Mindy: 6 albums, derived from a Flemish TV series
2007-2016: Jump: 19 albums (translated in French)
2008-2013: Albert & Co: 7 albums (translated in French)
2010-2013: BeeVee, 2 albums, cartoons about famous Flemish persons
2013-2016: Amoras: 6 albums, a spin-off of Spike and Suzy (with Marc Legendre): translated in French as Amphoria
2014-...: Filip van België, renamed Filip & Mathilde': 3 albums, continuation of Albert & Co after the abdication of
Albert II of Belgium and the ascension of
Philip of Belgium
2015-...: Pinanti United: 2 albums
2017-...: De Kronieken van Amoras: 1 album, a prequel to Amoras