Alcante, pen name of Didier Swysen (born 21 November 1970, Belgium) is a Belgian comics writer, best known for his series Pandora’s Box.

Alcante has studied economic sciences and worked in academic research, when he won a comics writing contest of publisher Dupuis in 1995.

He is the younger brother of comics creator Bernard Swysen.

An album in the series XIII Mystery focusing on Colonel Amos, with artwork by François Boucq, is planned for 2010.

[2] Other new work includes Re-Mind with Andrea Mutti, Clair-Obscur with Fanny Montgermont, and La Conjuration de Cluny with Luca Malisan.