# Zidrou > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Zidrou > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Zidrou.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zidrou > Source revision: 1354917687 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox person | name = Zidrou | image = Zidrou par Claude Truong-Ngoc juin 2015.jpg | birth_name = Benoît Drousie | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|04|12}} | birth_place = [Anderlecht](/source/Anderlecht), [Brussels-Capital](/source/Brussels-Capital), Belgium | notable_works = ''Tamara'' | movement = [Children's comics](/source/Children's_comics)
[Graphic novels](/source/Graphic_novels) }} '''Benoît Drousie''' (born 12 April 1962), who [signs as](/source/Pen_name) '''Zidrou,''' is a Belgian comic book writer.{{Cite web |last=MAGNERON |first=Philippe |title=Zidrou - Bibliographie, BD, photo, biographie |url=https://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-2153-BD-Zidrou.html |access-date=2025-12-06 |website=www.bedetheque.com |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=Zidrou et ses complices |url=https://koregos.org/fr/actualites/zidrou-et-ses-complices/ |access-date=2025-12-06 |website=koregos.org}} == Life and career == Born in [Anderlecht](/source/Anderlecht), Drousie worked as a teacher for six years before writing for comics in the early 1990s.{{Cite web |last=Typi Design 2012 info(at)typidesign(dot)be |title=The great temporary exhibitions, Zidrou — Comic Art Museum - Brussels |url=https://www.comicscenter.net/en/exhibitions/the-great-temporary-exhibitions/zidrou |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250908000221/https://www.comicscenter.net/en/exhibitions/the-great-temporary-exhibitions/zidrou |archive-date=2025-09-08 |access-date=2025-12-06 |website=www.comicscenter.net |language=en |url-status=live }} He published his first comic in the 1991 Christmas supplement of ''[Spirou](/source/Spirou_(magazine))'' magazine, with "''La triste fin du Père Noël"'', drawn by De Brab. In 1992 he formed a writing studio with his friend [Falzar](/source/Falzar),{{Cite web |title=Zidrou |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/z/zidrou.htm |access-date=2025-12-06 |website=lambiek.net |language=en}} with whom he published the first album of the series ''Margot et Oscar Pluche'', again with art by [De Brab](/source/De_Brab) . The following year, he would establish himself as a screenwriter on various series for the weekly magazine ''Spirou''. During the 1990s, he would establish himself as one of the weekly's most versatile humor writers, creating series such as ''[L'Élève Ducobu](/source/L'%C3%89l%C3%A8ve_Ducobu)'', ''Tamara'', and the aforementioned Margot et Oscar Pluche, and signing a multitude of short comics drawn by different artists. Starting in the 2000s, and without abandoning his collaborations with Spirou, he would start writing more serious comics, specializing over time as a writer of graphic novels and thrillers. ==Works published in English== *''[L'Élève Ducobu](/source/L'%C3%89l%C3%A8ve_Ducobu)''/Ducoboo ([Cinebook](/source/Cinebook)) **''King of the Dunces'', September 2006, {{ISBN|1-905460-15-5}} **''In the Corner!'', June 2007, {{ISBN|978-1-905460-26-7}} **''Your answers or your life !'', June 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-905460-28-1}} **''The Class Struggle'', May 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-84918-031-3}} **''Lovable Dunce'', September 2016, {{ISBN|978-1-84918-311-6}} 2010 * ''Lydie'' (with [Jordi Lafebre](/source/Jordi_Lafebre), Dargaud) ({{ISBN|9782505008088}}) ** English version:''Lydie'' Translated by Mercedes Claire Gilliom. [Europe Comics](/source/Europe_Comics), 2018 ({{ISBN|9791032805374}}) 2013 * ''Pendant que le roi de Prusse faisait la guerre, qui reprisait ses chaussettes?'' (with Roger, Dargaud) ** ''While the king of Prussia was waging war, who do you think was darning his socks?'' (2017,Europe Comics) ({{ISBN|979-1032803097}}) 2014 * ''La Mondaine'' (art by Jordi Lafebre, Dargaud) ** Tome 1 ({{ISBN|978-2505048466}}) *** English version: ''The Vice Squad, vol. 1.'' Europe Comics, 2016 ({{ISBN|979-1032802182}}) ** Tome 2; 2014 ({{ISBN|978-2505019916}}) *** English version: ''The Vice Squad, vol.2. Europe Comics'', 2017 ({{ISBN|979-1032802472}}) 2015: *''Les beaux étés'' (''Glorious Summers'') series (art by Jordi Lafebre, and colors by Mado Peña, [Dargaud](/source/Dargaud)) **1. ''Cap au Sud'', 2015 ({{ISBN|978-2-505-06198-4}}) ***English version: ''Southbound!'' , 2018, Europe Comics (e-book) **2. ''La Calanque'', 2016 ({{ISBN|978-2-505-06532-6}}) ***English version:''The Calanque'',2018, Europe Comics (e-book) **3. ''Mam'zelle Estérel'', 2017 ({{ISBN|978-2-505-06776-4}}) ***English version:''Little Miss Esterel'', 2018, Europe Comics (e-book) **4. ''Le Repos du guerrier'', 2018 ({{ISBN|978-2-5050-7055-9}}) ***English version:''The Warrior's Haven'', 2019, Europe Comics (e-book) **5. ''La Fugue'', Dargaud, Bruxelles, 2018, ({{ISBN|978-2-505-07400-7}}) ***English version:''The Runway'', 2018, Europe Comics (e-book) **6. ''Les Genêts'', 2021 (art by [Jordi Lafebre](/source/Jordi_Lafebre),colors by Mado Peña and Clémence Sapin) ({{ISBN|978-2-505-08935-3}}) 2016: *''L'Adoption'' series (drawn by Arno Monin, Bamboo Édition) ** 1. ''Qinaya'', 2016 ({{ISBN|978-2-8189-3603-0}}) ** 2. ''La Garùa'', 2017 - ({{ISBN|978-2-8189-4170-6}}) ** 3. ''Wajdi'', 2021 ({{ISBN|978-2-8189-7689-0}}) ** 4. ''Les Repentirs'', 2023, ({{ISBN|978-2-8189-8936-4}}) ** 5. ''Le Sourire du plombier'',2024 ({{ISBN|979-10-41103-18-8}}) ** English version: ''The Adoption'' ([Magnetic Press](/source/Lion_Forge_Comics), 2020) ({{ISBN|978-1942367833}}) 2017 *''Natures mortes'' (drawn by Oriol, Dargaud) ** English version:''The Muse'', 2018, Europe Comics (ebook) *''Emma G. Wildford'' (drawn by Edith, Soleil) ** English version:''Emma G. Wildford'', (2018, [Titan Comics](/source/Titan_Comics)) 2018 *''L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments'' (drawn by [Aimée de Jongh](/source/Aim%C3%A9e_de_Jongh), [Dargaud](/source/Dargaud)) ** English version:''Blossoms in Autumn'' (translated by [Matt Madden](/source/Matt_Madden), [SelfMadeHero](/source/SelfMadeHero), 2019) 2020 *''La bête''/''Marsupilami:The Beast'' (art by [Frank Pé](/source/Frank_P%C3%A9), [Dupuis](/source/Dupuis)) **Volume 1, 2020 ***English version: Europe Comics, 2021 **Volume 2, 2023 2021 *''La balleine bibliothèque'' (drawn by [Judith Vanistendael](/source/Judith_Vanistendael)) **English version:''The Whale Library'' (Europe Comics, 2021) ==References== {{Reflist}} Category:1962 births Category:Belgian comics writers Category:People from Anderlecht Category:Living people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Zidrou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zidrou) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zidrou?action=history)). 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