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Jean-Yves Raimbaud
Jean-Yves Stéphane Marcel Raimbaud (; 27 February 1958 – 28 June 1998) was a French animator and screenwriter. He was best known for creating the animated series '' Oggy and the Cockroaches'', which officially debuted posthumously on 6 September 1998 on France 3. He also co-created ''Space Goofs'' with Philippe Traversat, the first show he made co-produced by Gaumont Multimedia and Xilam. Jean-Yves Raimbaud died in June 1998 after producing the first episode of ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'', having had lung cancer for some time. Early life Raimbaud was born on 27 February 1958, in Évreux, France. At age 14, he abandoned his studies in favor of training as a painter in words. Thus, he made his debut in drawing, although initially, he mainly drew billboards. Career In 1975, he joined a then-small animation studio called DIC Entertainment created by Jean Chalopin. This was where he learned to make cartoons. In the studio, he met directors like Bruno Bianchi (''Inspector G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Évreux
Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy. History Antiquity In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century AD, was named '' Mediolanum Aulercorum'', "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area. Mediolanum was a small regional centre of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis. Julius Caesar wintered eight legions in this area after his third campaigning season in the battle for Gaul (56-55 BC): Legiones VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV. Middle Ages The first known members of the family of the counts of Évreux were descended from an illegitimate son of Richard I, duke of Normandy. These counts became extinct in the male line with the death of Count William in 1118 AD. The county passed by right of Agnes, William's sister and wife of Simon I de Montfort (died 1087 AD) to the house of the lords of Montfort-l'Amaury. Amaury VI de Montfort-Évreux ceded the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahan (comics)
''Rahan'' is a French comic series about an intelligent prehistoric man that first appeared as part of '' Pif gadget'' starting in March 1969 and was then published in albums of 2 to 4 complete stories. It was initially written by Roger Lecureux, and, after his death in 1999, by Lecureux's son. ''Rahan'' has over 100 stories and has lasted for 30 years. The comics' illustrations are mainly drawn by André Chéret. Other artists who also contributed were Romero, Guy Zam and José de Huescar . It has received a few adaptations over the years – notably adapted into a 2008 Italian-French animated television series, titled ''Rahan: Son of the Dark Age'', produced by French animation studio Xilam Animation. Publication history The black edition of ''Rahan'' was edited by Soleil Prod in 1998, serving as the "complete edition" of the series. Premise After the destruction of his tribe in a volcano eruption, Rahan moves from land to land while spreading goodwill among other human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Du Pontavice
Marc Marie Joseph Raymond du Pontavice (born 10 January 1963) is a French animator and businessman who is the producer of ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'' ("Oggy et les Cafards"), ''The Magician (French TV series), The Magician'', ''Space Goofs'', ''Zig & Sharko'' and others. He was an executive producer from Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont, which is based in France. In 1990, he was co-founder of Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont Television. In 1994, the company started producing animated series, which was eventually transformed into Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont Multimedia in 1995. After leaving the company, he, along with Alix de Maistre, founded Xilam. Filmography Film Television Video games Bibliography * Pontavice, Marc du. ''Destin animé''. France: Slatkine et Compagnie, 2022; References External links * 1963 births Living people French animators French film producers French animated film producers French television producers Film people from Paris Xilam Ogg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looney Tunes
''Looney Tunes'' is an American media franchise produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The franchise began as a series of animated short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside its spin-off series ''Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation.Looney Tunes . ''www.bcdb.com'', April 12, 2012 Following a revival in the late 1970s, new shorts were released as recently as 2014. The two series introduced a large List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, cast of characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird and Elmer Fudd. The term ''Looney Tunes'' has since been expanded to also refer to the characters themselves. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' were initially produced by Leon Schlesinger and animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising from 1930 to 1933. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M6 (TV Channel)
M6 (), also known as , is the most profitable private national French television channel and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world. M6 is the head channel of the M6 Group media empire that owns several TV channels, magazines, publications, movie production companies, and media-related firms. It is owned by RTL Group. On 20 May 2021, it was announced that M6 Group, owners of the channel, has proposed a merger with TF1 Group, which owns competing commercial network TF1. On 16 September 2022, it was announced that the merger was officially abandoned, citing concerns from French antitrust regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence, regarding competition in the advertising sector; the combined entity was likely to have been required to sell either primary channel (M6 or TF1) for the merger to proceed. History M6 launched on 1 March 1987, at 11:15 am CET, taking the place of TV6. M6's current on-air brand image, introduced in May 2020, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Series
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Luke
''Lucky Luke'' is a Western (genre), Western bande dessinée, comic album series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris (cartoonist), Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborating with French writer René Goscinny. Their partnership lasted until Goscinny's death in 1977. Afterwards, Morris collaborated with several other writers until his own death in 2001. Since Morris's death, French artist Achdé has drawn the series, scripted by several successive writers. The series takes place in the American frontier, American Old West of the United States. It stars the titular Lucky Luke, a street-smart gunslinger known as the "man who shoots faster than his shadow", and his intelligent horse Jolly Jumper. Lucky Luke is pitted against various villains, either fictional or inspired by American history or folklore. The most famous of these are The Daltons (Lucky Luke), the Dalton Brothers, loosely based on the Dalton Gang o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterix
''Asterix'' ( or , "Asterix the Gauls, Gaul"; also known as ''Asterix and Obelix'' in some adaptations or ''The Adventures of Asterix'') is a Franco-Belgian comics, French comic album book series, series about a Gaulish village which, thanks to a Potion, magic potion that enhances strength, resists the forces of Julius Caesar's Roman Republic Roman Army, Army in a nonhistorical telling of the time after the Gallic Wars. Many adventures take the titular hero Asterix (character), Asterix and his friend Obelix to Rome and beyond. The series first appeared in the Franco-Belgian comic magazine ''Pilote'' on 29 October 1959. It was written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo until Goscinny's death in 1977. Uderzo then took over the writing until 2009, when he sold the rights to publishing company Hachette (publisher), Hachette; he died in 2020. In 2013, a new team consisting of Jean-Yves Ferri (script) and Didier Conrad (artwork) took over. , 40 volumes have been re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaumont Film Company
Gaumont SA () is a French film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount, and Nikkatsu (all founded in 1912). Gaumont predominantly produces, co-produces, and distributes films, and in 2011, 95% of Gaumont's consolidated revenues came from the film division. The company is also a producer of TV series through Gaumont Télévision and animation through Gaumont Animation as well as its existing French production features. Gaumont is run by Nicolas Seydoux (chairman) and Sidonie Dumas (CEO). History Originally dealing in photographic apparatus, the company began producing short films in 1897 to promote its make of camera-projector. Léon Gaumont's secretary Alice Guy-Blach� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cinq
La Cinq (, ) was a French free-to-air television channel. Created by politician Jérôme Seydoux and Italian media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, it existed from 1986 to 1992. The contract for France's fifth terrestrial network, which was supposed to have been in effect for an 18-year term, was granted to Seydoux and Berlusconi in November 1985. It was the first private free-to-air television network in France. Programming began on 20 February 1986 at 8:30 pm; the first program on La Cinq was , which was taped at Canale 5's studios in Milan, Italy. After the music channel TV6 in 1987, La Cinq became the second French national channel to have its broadcasting authorization withdrawn, following its bankruptcy. History Formation In 1985, a little over a year before the legislative elections, the Socialist Party feared failure and wanted to create a new space, outside of the institutional domain of public television, capable of reaching a large audience (contrary to the private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Margerin
Frank Margerin (born 9 January 1952, in Paris) is a French author and illustrator of comics. Biography After secondary school, Margerin went to a school of applied art, where he met Denis Sire. He joined Sire's band, Los Crados, as a drummer. The band later became Dennis' Twist. In 1975, while looking for work in publishing or illustrating, Margerin met Jean-Pierre Dionnet, who ordered his first comic strip, a four-page parodical science fiction story named "Simone et Léon", for the '' Métal Hurlant'' magazine. He later drew and wrote several other stories for the magazine. His first album, ''Frank Margerin présente...'', which gathered his first works for ''Métal Hurlant'', was published in 1978. These first stories often have elements of science fiction, to fit with the other strips of ''Métal Hurlant''. After "Simone et Léon", he also wrote and drew several works for ''Rigolo'', a short-lived magazine. He won his first prize in 1980 at the Lucca Comics & Games fest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the literary and graphic components of the work as part of their practice. Cartoonists may work in a variety of formats, including booklets, comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons, graphic novels, manuals, gag cartoons, storyboards, posters, shirts, books, advertisements, greeting cards, magazines, newspapers, webcomics, and video game packaging. Terminology A cartoonist's discipline encompasses both authorial and drafting disciplines (see interdisciplinary arts). The terms "comics illustrator", "comics artist", or "comic book artist" refer to the picture-making portion of the discipline of cartooning (see illustrator). While every "cartoonist" might be considered a "comics illustrator", "comics artist", or a "comic book arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
