death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date area article_title name
brussels , belgium 5 march 2007 brussels , belgium belgian 24 june 1928 writer , editor yvan delporte
 yvan delporte
yvan delporte

yvan delporte -lrb- 24 june 1928 -- 5 march 2007 -rrb- was a belgian comics writer , and was editor-in-chief of `` spirou '' magazine between 1955 and 1968 during a period considered by many the golden age of franco-belgian comics .
he is credited with several creative contributions , among these his collaborations with peyo on `` the smurfs '' , with rené follet on `` steve severin -lrb- 1/2 -rrb- '' and andré franquin with the creation of `` gaston lagaffe '' and the co-authorship of `` idées noires '' .
