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Derib
Derib
Born	Claude de Ribaupierre; 8 August 1944 (age 79); La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss

Derib (born Claude de Ribaupierre on 8 August 1944 in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland)^[1] is a Swiss francophone comics creator. He is best known for creating the comics Buddy Longway and Yakari.

Awards edit

1974: Best Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel, Belgium
1978: Best Foreign Artist at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
1982: Youth Award (9-12 years) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
1994: nominated for Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication at the Max & Moritz Prizes, Germany
2005: nominated for the Best Series Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
2006: Youth Award (7-8 years) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival

^ De Weyer, Geert (2008). 100 stripklassiekers die niet in je boekenkast mogen ontbreken (in Dutch). Amsterdam / Antwerp: Atlas. p. 214. ISBN 978-90-450-0996-4.

Derib publications in Spirou, Pilote, Belgian Tintin, French Tintin BDoubliées (in French)
BDParadisio.com (in French)
Bedetheque.com (in French)

Official website (in French)
Publications by and about Derib in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
Derib biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia

Derib

Born	Claude de Ribaupierre (1944-08-08) 8 August 1944 (age 79) La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss