Karel Verschuere

Karel Verschuere was a mid-20th century Flemish comic artist, and one of the first and most important collaborators of Willy Vandersteen. Working for Studio Vandersteen between 1952 and 1968, he worked almost exclusively as an artist and writer on Vandersteen's realistically drawn comics, such as 'Bessy', 'De Rode Ridder', 'Karl May', 'Biggles' and 'Tijl Uilenspiegel'. For his work on the 'Bessy' series, Vandersteen respected his co-worker well enough to give him a share of the profits and credits under the joint pen name "Wirel"…Comiclopedia