Yves Schlirf, the editor of XIII and many other comics, has disappeared, according to reports from editions Kana and Editions Dargaud. The two publishers expressed their condolences to his partner, Corine Jamar, and their two daughters, Eleni and Athina. Born in Brussels, Schlirf was involved in comics from an early age. In 1972, he created Schlirfbook, one of the first specialized comic book stores in Brussels. In the 1980s, he diversified and showed publishing ambitions, leading him to a position in the promotion service of the editions Dupuis at the request of Jean Van Hamme, then General Director. His friendship with Van Hamme led him to become the editor of XIII. He was chosen to create a Belgian branch of the Dargaud editions in Brussels, where he achieved success with titles such as Pin-Up, Murena, Le Scorpion, and La Complainte des landes perdues, while leading XIII to its highest peaks. His sense of the public acquired over the years in bookstores made Schlirf an editor in tune with the great popular series. His flair and insatiable curiosity led him to make more and more trips to Japan, which led to the creation in 1996 of Kana, the publishing house devoted to manga. Yves Schlirf was surrounded in Brussels by an attentive and committed team, responsible for following with him the publications of Dargaud Benelux as well as the many albums around Blake and Mortimer. He passed on his trade to several generations of collaborators, training notably editors who, in recent years, have been able to create under his guidance new significant series. Chosen by Claude de Saint-Vincent to take over the universe created in 1946 by Edgar P. Jacobs, Yves Schlirf managed to make it a real war machine, multiplying the teams of writers and artists, without ever losing sight of editorial quality. He left the image of a great connoisseur of the 9th art and its language, but also that of a man deeply convinced by the mechanisms of fiction and human adventure, truly passionate about comics. Janine Boissard, a major figure of French popular literature, died at the age of 93, announced the publishers Fayard on Monday 28 September. Author of more than fifty books and a major figure of French popular literature, she leaves behind nearly 70 years of writing, marked notably by the success of the L'Esprit de famille saga. Peter May, author of the famous Lewis trilogy, died at 74, we are told by the Éditions du Rouergue, which have published his work in French for more than 20 years. Set for a long time in the Lot and naturalized French in 2016, the novelist leaves behind an important police work, particularly popular in France. Marvel in mourning: the illustrator Joshua Cassara is dead at 46. Joshua Cassara, American illustrator notably known for his work on X-Force, X-Men and Deadpool/Wolverine at Marvel, died on 22 September 2026 at the age of 46. His wife, Martha Cassara, announced his death the following day on social networks, mentioning cardiac complications.