Vincent Deporter

Vincent Deporter (13 February 1959 – 25 September 2022)^[2] was a Belgian comic and storyboard artist. Deporter got his start in comics working as an assistant to Jean Graton, before selling his own strips, as Mike Deporter, to Spirou magazine.^[3] From 1996, after relocating to New York, he worked on DC's line of comic books adapted from popular animated cartoons, like Scooby-Doo and Ed, Edd n Eddy,^[4][5] and also inked many of the Batman and Superman style-guides. He continued to work for Nickelodeon, notably on SpongeBob SquarePants. When Nickelodeon Magazine ended its print run, he then started to write and draw for the SpongeBob Comics as a regular contributor.^[3] Deporter also wrote and illustrated on more philosophical issues. He illustrated the book Sacred Cows: a Lighthearted Look at Belief and Tradition around the World, by the host of The Thinking Atheist Seth Andrews. He lived in Arizona, painting and writing non-graphic novels.

Vincent Deporter
Deporter in 2010
Born	(1959-02-13)13 February 1959 Nivelles, Belgium
Died	25 September 2022(2022-09-25) (aged 63)
Nationality	Belgian
Area(s)	Comic books, storyboard artist[1]
Pseudonym(s)	Deporter, Mike Deporter
Notable works	Crazy Planet Les Fourmidables Roméo

Bibliography

Comic work includes:

• Roméo (with Philippe Rive, Glénat, 1994, ISBN 978-2-7234-1698-6)
• Mimi Siku (with Hervé Palud, Glénat, 1994, ISBN 978-2-7234-1831-7)
• The Big Book of (Paradox Press):
  • Weird Wild West: How the West Was Really Won! (1998, ISBN W1563893614)
  • Grimm: Truly Scary Fairy Tales to Frighten the Whole Family (2000, ISBN 1-56389-501-3)
  • Bad: The Best of the Worst of Everything (2001, ISBN 1-56389-359-2)
  • Vice (2001, ISBN 1-56389-454-8)
• Les Fourmidables (Bamboo)
  • Des fourmis dans les jambes (2003, ISBN 2-912715-63-6)
  • Cirques divers (2004, ISBN 2-915309-05-1)
• Cartoon Cartoons:
  • Name That Toon! (tpb collecting Dexter's Laboratory #1 & 4, Cartoon Cartoons #1-4 and Cartoon Network Starring #2, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0181-4)
  • The Gangs All Here (tpb collecting Dexter's Laboratory #5-6, Cartoon Cartoons #5 & 7 and Cartoon Network Starring #7)
• Scooby-Doo:
  • Vol. 5. Surf's Up (written by Chris Duffy, Joe Edkin and Terrance Griep, DC Comics, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0936-X)
  • Vol. 6. Space Fright (written by Chris Duffy, Joe Edkin and Terrance Griep, DC Comics, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0937-8)
• SpongeBob SquarePants:
  • "Best in Show (Nick Zone) " (written by Tracey West, ISBN 0-439-56278-3)
  • "Beyond Bikini Bottom! " (written by Sonali Fry, ISBN 0-689-87738-2)
  • "Special Delivery!" (written by Steven Banks, ISBN 0-689-85887-6)
  • "Stop the Presses!" (written by Steven Banks, ISBN 0689877269)
  • "The Song That Never Ends" (written by Steven Banks, ISBN 1-59961-446-4)
  • "The Three Little Neighbors" (written by David Lewman, Gene Vosough, ISBN 1-4169-0688-6)
  • "SpongeBob SquarePants Phonics Box" (written by Sonia Sander, ISBN 0-439-77948-0)
  • "Hoedown Showdown" (written by Kelli Chipponeri, also illustrated by Barry Goldberg, ISBN 1-4169-0689-4)