Thomas Lips Thomas Lips Thomas Lips (born 27 February 1970) is a Swiss curler. Lips was a member of the Swiss team that won the 2006 European Curling Championships. Lips started playing curling in 1977. He won a bronze medal at the 1991 European Curling Championships, playing lead for Daniel Model. He would not return the Euros until 2003. Playing third for Bernhard Werthemann, they finished fourth. They finished sixth at the 2004 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. In 2006, playing second for Andreas Schwaller, the team won the Euros, defeating Scotland in the final. Lips currently skips his own team, which
Robert Velter Robert Velter François Robert Velter (9 February 1909 – 27 April 1991), known by his pen-name Rob-Vel, was a French cartoonist. He is best known for creating the character "Spirou" in 1938. Like "Spirou", Velter began his career as a lift attendant at age 16, in the London Ritz Charlton. He later learned the trade as an assistant to American cartoonist Martin Branner on the "Winnie Winkle" strip from 1934-1936. In 1938, Velter created the title character for the launch of a new magazine by Belgian publisher Éditions Dupuis, "Le Journal de Spirou". Signed with the pen-name Rob-Vel, the story