Alain Voss (29 April 1946 – 13 May 2011), also known as Al Voss, was a French-Brazilian comics artist.

Biography

Born in France, the son of a German father and a French mother, he spent his early life in

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, and debuted in comics magazines in that country and executing LP covers in the 1960s. He moved to France in 1972. From 1975 he worked for the experimental '' Metal Hurlant'' magazine with series including that of the punk rocker ''Heilman'' where Voss incorporates

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s and other Nazi fanfare. (1978),''Tobiaze'' and parodies of famous comics characters such as

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and

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. He returned to Brazil in 1981, and during the rest of his life collaborated with Brazilian publishers such as Editora Ondas and Press-Maciota. In 1982 he won the European Album of the Year Award for ''Adrénaline''. In 2009 he suffered a first stroke: after recovering, he launched the series ''Anarcity'', influenced by Philip K. Dick's works, and the strip ''Zensetos''. Voss spent the last part of his life in

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, Portugal, where he died of a stroke in May 2011. He was also known for designing album covers for the Brazilian rock band

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References

External links

Biography at lambiek.net

Alain Voss passed away

Short biography in Portuguese
1946 births 2011 deaths Brazilian comics artists French expatriates in Brazil French comics artists French poster artists French people of German descent French people of Brazilian descent French album-cover and concert-poster artists Brazilian album-cover and concert-poster artists Brazilian poster artists Artists from Paris {{Europe-comics-creator-stub