Awards
- 1978: Best Story at the Prix Saint-Michel, Belgium
- 1980: Best Story at the Prix Saint-Michel
- 1983: Best Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel
- 1989: Audience Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
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- - nominated for Best Long Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards, Spain
- 1990: Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
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- - nominated for Best Long Comic Strip and Best Short Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards
- 1991: nominated for Best Short Comic Strip and Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
- 1992: nominated for Best Long Comic Strip and Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
- 1993: France Info Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
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- - nominated for Best Long Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards
- 1994: Best International Writer at the Max & Moritz Prizes, Germany
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- - nominated for Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
- 1996: Best Long Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards
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- - nominated for Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
- 1997: Audience Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
- 2003: nominated thrice for the Audience Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
- 2004: nominated for Best Long Comic Strip, Best Short Comic Strip and Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
- 2005: nominated for Best Short Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards
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- - nominated for the Audience Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
- 2006: nominated for the Audience Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
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- - nominated for the Grand Prix Saint-Michel and for Best Comic (Dutch language) at the Prix Saint-Michel
- - nominated for Favourite European Comic at the Eagle Awards, United Kingdom
- 2007: nominated for the Grand Prix Saint-Michel and for Best Story at the Prix Saint-Michel
- 2008: nominated for the Grand Prix Saint-Michel at the Prix Saint-Michel
- 2009: Grand Prix Saint-Michel
- 2010: nominated for Best Dutch Language Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel
- 2011: Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (the highest of the three ranks for that Order)
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