Alika Lindbergh (born Monique Dubois, 23 December 1929), commonly known by her former name Monique Watteau, is a Belgian fantasy fiction writer and artist who produced cryptozoological artwork for several of her former husband Bernard Heuvelmans' works, including On the Track of Unknown Animals (1955), In the Wake of Sea Serpents (1965), Les Derniers Dragons d'Afrique (1978), and Les Bêtes Humaines d'Afrique (1980).[1] She provided a graphic reconstruction of the yeti for Tintin cartoonist Hergé, who asked Heuvelmans for details on that cryptid.[2] She also wrote the preface for Jean-Jacques Barloy's biography of Heuvelmans, Bernard Heuvelmans, un rebelle de la science (2007).
Watteau and Heuvelmans divorced in 1961, but remained friends and collaborators. She attended to Heuvelmans during his final years, and was in charge of his funeral ceremony.[3]
Notes and references
- ↑ Coleman, Loren & Clark, Jerome (1999) Cryptozoology A to Z
- ↑ Peeters, Benoît (2012) Hergé, Son of Tintin
- ↑ Milestones: Bernard Heuvelmans