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A Year in Comics - April 29th
The Forever War
Mark van Oppen, known under his pen name Marvano, was born on April 29th 1953 in Zolder, Belgium. Completing his studies for interior architecture, van Oppen started working as an illustrator for science fiction periodicals. From 1982 to 1986 he served as the chief editor of the comic weekly Tintin, afterwards becoming a comic publisher for the short-lived Den Gulden Engel.
During this time, van Oppen switched from illustrations to graphic novels, debuting with the comic De Vlucht van het Paard. In 1988 , Marvano chanced upon Joe Haldeman's novel The Forever War, which he turned into a three-part graphic novel. This proved to be his big break-through, and the first of a number of collaborations with Haldeman. The second, Dallas Barr, was based on Haldeman's Buying Time, but actually continued past the end of the novel, with Haldeman originally writing the new material for the graphic novel, before allowing Marvano to continue it on his own. After Dallas Bar ended, Marvano gave Haldeman's Forever Free the graphic novel treatment.
His attempt at making a graphic novel adaptation of Willy Vandersteen's Red Knight met with less success; however it was soon forgotten when Marvano wrote and drew the Berlin triptych ('1943: The Seven Dwarfs'; '1948: Reynaert the Fox'; and '1961: Two Royal Children'). This was followed by two more triptychs set against a historic background: Grand Prix, a political thriller set against the background of motorsport in 1930s Nazi-Germany; and The Jewish Brigade, a war story set against the background of the Second World War and the foundation of Israel.
For his work on both the Eternal War and Dallas Barr series, Marvano was awarded the 2001 Bronze Adhemar, the award for the best Flemish comic author; and in 2008 he received the Stripvos, the award for the best comic album, for 1961: Two Royal Children from the Berlin Tryptich.
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The Forever War
Mark van Oppen, known under his pen name Marvano, was born on April 29th 1953 in Zolder, Belgium. Completing his studies for interior architecture, van Oppen started working as an illustrator for science fiction periodicals. From 1982 to 1986 he served as the chief editor of the comic weekly Tintin, afterwards becoming a comic publisher for the short-lived Den Gulden Engel.
During this time, van Oppen switched from illustrations to graphic novels, debuting with the comic De Vlucht van het Paard. In 1988 , Marvano chanced upon Joe Haldeman's novel The Forever War, which he turned into a three-part graphic novel. This proved to be his big break-through, and the first of a number of collaborations with Haldeman. The second, Dallas Barr, was based on Haldeman's Buying Time, but actually continued past the end of the novel, with Haldeman originally writing the new material for the graphic novel, before allowing Marvano to continue it on his own. After Dallas Bar ended, Marvano gave Haldeman's Forever Free the graphic novel treatment.
His attempt at making a graphic novel adaptation of Willy Vandersteen's Red Knight met with less success; however it was soon forgotten when Marvano wrote and drew the Berlin triptych ('1943: The Seven Dwarfs'; '1948: Reynaert the Fox'; and '1961: Two Royal Children'). This was followed by two more triptychs set against a historic background: Grand Prix, a political thriller set against the background of motorsport in 1930s Nazi-Germany; and The Jewish Brigade, a war story set against the background of the Second World War and the foundation of Israel.
For his work on both the Eternal War and Dallas Barr series, Marvano was awarded the 2001 Bronze Adhemar, the award for the best Flemish comic author; and in 2008 he received the Stripvos, the award for the best comic album, for 1961: Two Royal Children from the Berlin Tryptich.
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