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François Robert Velter (February 9, 1909 – April 27, 1991), known by his pen-name Rob-Vel, was a French cartoonist. He is best known for creating the character ''Spirou'' in 1938. ==Biography== Like ''Spirou'', Velter began his career as a lift attendant at age 16, in the London Ritz Charlton. He later learned the trade as an assistant to American cartoonist Martin Branner on the ''Winnie Winkle'' strip from 1934-1936. In 1938, Velter created the title character for the launch of a new magazine by Belgian publisher Éditions Dupuis, ''Le Journal de Spirou''. Signed with the pen-name Rob-Vel, the story was titled ''Groom au Moustic–hôtel'' (''Bellboy at the Hotel Mosquito'', named after another of Dupuis magazines). Later the same year, he created Spirou's inseparable companion, the squirrel Spip, for the story ''L’héritage''. When Velter was drafted and wounded in 1940, his wife Davine (Blanche Dumoulin) took over the strip for a while. After the war, Velter published a number of strips, including ''Le Père Pictou'', ''Les Tribulations du Chien Petto'', ''Bibor et Tribar'' and ''M. Subito'', but he was never able to reach the broad popularity of ''Spirou'' again. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Velter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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