Mitacq
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Michel Tacq, or Mitacq, (10 June 1927 – 22 May 1994) was an author of Belgian comics. He was involved in Scouting for most of his life.
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- Born
- 1927
- Died
- 1994
- Works
- 11
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- Les castors sur l'île du crabe
- Les Pierres qui racontent
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- date of birth
- 1927-06-10
- date of death
- 1994-05-22
- pseudonym
- Mitacq
- birth name
- Michel Tacq
- nickname
- M.Tacq
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Michel Tacq, or Mitacq, (10 June 1927 – 22 May 1994) was an author of Belgian comics. He was involved in Scouting for most of his life.
==Biography== Born in Uccle, Michel Tacq spent his childhood in Farciennes and Brussels. He went to study at the Saint-Marie Institute in Schaerbeek and stayed in France for the first years of World War II. He then returned to Belgium to continue his art studies in Charleroi. Ever since his early childhood, Tacq was involved in Scouting, a movement that has been of influence his entire career. At 17, he took on the pseudonym Mitak and developed the comic strip Tam Tam, which appeared in magazines related with Scouting in 1944 and 1945. Tam Tam also appeared in book collections, published by José Henin and De Beiaard. He illustrated for Plein Jeu, Carrefour and ''L'Hebdomadaire des grands recits.