▁sty lish ▁re make ▁of ▁the ▁Marc in elle ▁School ▁in ▁Franco - Bel g ian ▁com ics . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Ch aland ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁stri ps ▁in ▁the ▁f anz ine ▁Bibli pop ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 7 . ▁During ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁E cole ▁des ▁Be aux - Ar ts , ▁Saint - E t ienne , ▁he ▁created ▁his ▁own ▁f anz ine , ▁L ' Un ité ▁de ▁V ale ur , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁with ▁Luc ▁Corn illon . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁he ▁met ▁writer / editor ▁Jean - Pierre ▁D ion net , ▁and ▁they ▁collabor ated ▁on ▁features ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Franco - Bel g ian ▁com ics ▁mag az ines ▁M ét al ▁H url ant ▁and ▁Ah ▁N ana . ▁These ▁past ich es ▁of ▁ 5 0 s ▁com ics ▁have ▁been ▁collected ▁in ▁the ▁album ▁Capt iv ant . ▁ ▁He ▁then ▁created ▁the ▁characters ▁of ▁Bob ▁Fish , ▁Ad olph us ▁Cla ar , ▁Fred dy ▁Lomb ard , ▁and ▁Le ▁Je une ▁Albert , ▁a ▁sc amp ▁character ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁Mar ol les , ▁a ▁working - class ▁area ▁of ▁Br uss els . ▁Y ves ▁Ch aland , ▁was ▁approached ▁to ▁draw ▁an ▁advent ure ▁of ▁Sp ir ou ▁et ▁Fant as io , ▁appearing ing ▁in ▁half - page ▁install ments ▁of ▁the ▁week ly ▁Sp ir ou ▁magazine . ▁ ▁Done ▁in ▁a