Yves Swolfs

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Yves Swolfs (born 25 April 1955) is a Belgian comic book writer and artist.

He is most known for his western series Durango , which started in 1980. Among his other works are the vampire series Le prince de la Nuit (1994–2001); the dystopian science fiction series Vlad (2000–2006, illustrated by Griffo); and the fantasy series Légende (since 2003). His comics were published by Edition des Archers, Glénat , Soleil Productions and Le Lombard , amongst others. [1] [2]

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