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Pierre Christin
Pierre Christin (; 27 July 1938 – 3 October 2024) was a French comics creator and writer. Biography Christin was born at Saint-Mandé on 27 July 1938. After graduating from the Sorbonne, Christin pursued graduate studies in political science at SciencesPo and became a professor of French literature at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. His first comics story, ''Le Rhum du Punch'', illustrated by his childhood friend Jean-Claude Mézières, was published in 1966 in ''Pilote'' magazine. Christin returned to France the following year to join the faculty of the University of Bordeaux. That year he again collaborated with Mézières to create the science-fiction series ''Valérian and Laureline'' for ''Pilote''. The first episode was ''Les Mauvais Rêves'' (''Bad Dreams''). In addition to the ongoing ''Valérian'', Christin meanwhile wrote several other comics one-shots, including ''The City That Didn't Exist'' (''La Ville qui n'existe pas''), '' The Black Order Brigad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Mandé
Saint-Mandé (; named for Saint Maudez) is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, department in Île-de-France, in the high-end eastern inner suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. Saint-Mandé is one of the smallest communes in Île-de-France by land area, but also one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. It is located on the edge of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, adjacent to the Bois de Vincennes, near the Porte de Vincennes and the Porte de Saint-Mandé. The town motto is ''Cresco et Floresco'', which means "I grow and I flourish" in Latin. History On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, about two-thirds of the commune of Saint-Mandé was annexed to the city and now forms the neighbourhoods of Bel-Air (Paris), Bel-Air and Picpus, Paris, Picpus in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. In 1929, Saint-Mandé lost an addit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enki Bilal
Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilal; born 7 October 1951) is a French comic book creator and film director. Biography Early life Bilal was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, to a Czech mother, Ana, who came to Belgrade as child from Karlovy Vary, and a Bosnian Muslim father, Muhamed Hamo Bilal, from Ljubuški, who had been Josip Broz Tito's tailor. When he was five years old, his father managed to take a trip and stay in Paris as a political émigré. Enki and the rest of the family, his mother Ana and sister Enisa, stayed in Yugoslavia, and four years later they followed. Enki Bilal has no sense of belonging to any ethnic group and religion, nor is he obsessed with soil and roots. He said in one interview: "I also feel Bosnian by my father's origin, a Serb by my place of birth and a Croat by my relationship with a certain one to my childhood friends, not to mention my other Czech half, who I am inherited from mother". Education and career At age 14, he met René Goscinny an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hostages Of The Ultralum
A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized—such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government—to act, or refrain from acting, in a certain way, often under threat of serious physical harm or death to the hostage(s) after expiration of an ultimatum. The ''Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition'' defines a hostage as "a person who is handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement, or as a preventive measure against certain acts of war." A party who seizes one or more hostages is known as a hostage-taker; if the hostages are present voluntarily, then the receiver is known as a host. In civil society, along with kidnapping for ransom and human trafficking (often willing to ransom its captives when lucrative or to trade on influence), hostage taking is a criminal activity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Circles Of Power
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Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and List of largest cities in Spain, largest city is Madrid, and other major List of metropolitan areas in Spain, urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haxtur Award
The Haxtur Award (''Premios Haxtur'') is a Spanish award for Spanish comics. It is awarded annually at the Salón Internacional del Cómic del Principado de Asturias (International Comics Convention of the Principality of Asturias). It takes its name from the heroic fantasy comics character with the same name, created by Spanish artist Víctor de la Fuente. Award categories Awards are made in several categories: * ''Mejor Historia Larga'' (Best Long Story), also known as ''Mejor Historieta Larga'' (Best Long Comic) * ''Mejor Historia Corta'' (Best Short Story), also known as ''Mejor Historieta Corta'' (Best Short Comic) * ''Mejor Guión'' (Best Script) * ''Mejor Dibujo'' (Best Drawing) * ''Mejor Portada'' (Best Cover, since 1989) * ''Mejor Editorial'' (Best Publisher, every 5–10 years since 1997 * ''Haxtur al Humor'' (Haxtur for Humor, since 2000) * ''Autor que Amamos'' ("Author That We Loved", ''homenaje a la carrera de algún prestigioso creador''; added in 1986) * ''Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Prizes Of The Angoulême International Comics Festival
This is a list of awards and prizes formerly awarded at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Longer-running awards * Prize for Scenario (1993-2006) * Media award (1981–2003) * Bloody Mary award / Critics' award (1984–2003) * Religious award (1985–2003) * Humour award (1989–2001) Limited-run awards Award for best French artist * 1974: Alexis * 1975: Jacques Tardi * 1976: André Cheret * 1977: Moebius * 1978: Paul Gillon Award for best foreign artist * 1974: Victor de la Fuente * 1975: Dino Battaglia * 1976: Richard Corben * 1977: Wallace Wood * 1978: Derib Award for best artist This award was a continuation of the previous two. * 1979: Ceppi * 1980: François Bourgeon Award for best French author * 1974: Christian Godard * 1975: Claire Bretécher * 1976: Pierre Christin * 1977: Jacques Lob * 1978: Gérard Lauzier Award for best foreign author * 1974: Roy Thomas * 1975: Sidney Jordan * 1976: Raoul Cauvin * 1977: Willy Vandersteen * 1978: Sirius Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angoulême International Comics Festival
The Angoulême International Comics Festival (AICF; ) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lucca Comics & Games and the Comiket of Japan. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, on the last week end of January. History The Angoulême International Comics Festival was founded by French writers and editors and Jean Mardikian, and comics writer and scholar .Pasamonik, Didier"Disparition de Claude Moliterni, fondateur du Festival d’Angoulême ,"'ActuaBD'' (Jan. 21, 2009). Moliterni served as co-organizer of the festival through 2005. Attendance Over 200,000 visitors attend the fair every year, including between 6,000 and 7,000 professionals including approximately 2500 authors and 800 journalists. The attendance is generally difficult to estimate because the festival takes place all over town, and is divided in many different areas that are not connected to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Boucq
François Boucq (; born 28 November 1955 in Lille), is a French comic book artist. He is most famous for his satirical and surreal comics revolving around the main character . Career Boucq published cartoons in magazines like ''Le Point'' or ''L'Expansion'' at an early age. Soon, he also created comic albums, becoming famous with '' Les pionniers de l'aventure humaine''. Many more have been published in the meantime, including ' (1986) ' (1990) and ' (2014) with American novelist Jerome Charyn. Boucq created the successful series '' Face de Lune'' in cooperation with the artist Alexandro Jodorowsky. 1994 saw the publication of '' Les dents du recoin'', the first album of a series of surreal comics that feature Jérôme Moucherot, a door-to-door insurance salesman with a fountain pen through his nose, who is dressed in a leopard fur suit; his bizarre adventures take place in a world where Smurfs are jungle-dwelling headhunters and sharks swim around in the blue wallpapers of bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Ceppi
Daniel Ceppi (3 April 1951 – 4 November 2024) was a Swiss comics artist. He was the author of the series '. Life and career Born in Geneva on 3 April 1951, Ceppi was the great-great-great-grandson of the inventor . At the age of 16, he exhibited a stained glass window in Carouge. He attended the and self-published a novel titled ''Le Guêpier'' about a traveller named Stéphane Clément. In 1977, he published the first album in the series. During the 1980s, he began publishing with Casterman, switching from his previous publisher, Les Humanoïdes Associés. At the same time, he began publishing his illustrations in the magazine ''Métal hurlant ''Métal Hurlant'' (; literal translation: "Howling Metal," "Screaming Metal") is a French comics anthology of science fiction and horror comics stories. Originally created in 1974, the anthology ceased publication in 1987, but was revived b ...''. He then published editions 4 through 7 of the ''Stéphane Clément'' series under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Goetzinger
Annie Goetzinger (18 August 1951 – 20 December 2017) was a comics artist and graphic novelist from Paris, France. From the mid-1970s until her death in 2017, she worked on award-winning graphic novels as well as press cartoons for newspapers such as '' La Croix'' and ''Le Monde''. She had a long-standing relationship with comics publisher Dargaud and the comics writer Pierre Christin. Graphically, Goetzinger is known for her research and attention to detail, carefully rendered apparel and a style influenced by Art Nouveau. Goetzinger's background in fashion drawing and costume design shows through in her work as well. In 2016, she was recruited to illustrate a recap of New York Fashion Week for ''New York'' Magazine. Her earliest works were illustrations for short comic stories published in French comic magazines like ''Pilote'', ''Charlie Mensuel'' and ''Fluide Glacial''. Goetzinger's first graphic novel, ''Casque d'Or'', won her two awards at the 1977 Angoulême International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jijé
Joseph Gillain (), better known by his pen name Jijé (; 13 January 1914 – 19 June 1980), was a Belgian comics artist, best known for being a seminal artist on the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' strip (and for having introduced the Fantasio character) and the creator of one of the first major European western strips, '' Jerry Spring''. Biography Born Joseph Gillain in Gedinne, Namur, he completed various art studies (woodcraft, goldsmithing, drawing and painting) at the abbey of Maredsous. In 1936, he created his first comics character, ''Jojo'' in the catholic newspaper ''Le Croisé''. ''Jojo'' was strongly inspired by ''The Adventures of Tintin'', but Jijé gradually developed his own style. Soon a second series followed, '' Blondin et Cirage'', for the catholic youth magazine '' Petits Belges''.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Jijé". In België gestript, pp. 132–134. Tielt: Lannoo. Jijé also produced many illustrations for various Walloon magazines. In 1939, he started to work for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
