Thierry Groensteen

Thierry Groensteen (French: [ɡʁɔnstɛn]; born 18 April 1957, Uccle, Brussels) is one of the leading French-speaking comics researchers and theorists, whose work has found influence beyond that field.

In 1984, Groensteen became the editor-in-chief of the old fanzine Schtroumpf : Les Cahiers de la bande dessinée, transforming it into one of the first publications that would lead to serious academic criticism of comics in France and beyond.

His work as the organizer of the famous Colloque de Cérisy, in 1987, titled "Bande dessinée, récit et modernité" ("Comics, narrative and modernity"), was also an important contribution.

He was the founder and editor at Éditions de L'An 2, before this publishing house was integrated by Actes Sud.

[2] Thierry Groensteen has published countless articles and many books, all of which have been important or even broaching of some themes.