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Didier Tarquin (born 20 January 1967,
Toulon Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department. The Commune of Toulon h ...
) is a French
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 litera ...
and
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. He spent the first ten years of his life in
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(
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) in the Sahara desert. He chose to become a cartoonist during a cartoon summer camp. His professional career started in 1990 with Soleil comics but he attained real fame in 1994 with the series ''
Lanfeust of Troy ''Lanfeust of Troy'' is a long-running French language comic series written by Christophe Arleston, drawn by Didier Tarquin, and published by Soleil Productions. The first volume was released in 1994. Synopsis On the world of Troy, most humans ...
'' in collaboration with
Christophe Arleston Christophe Arleston (born Christophe Pelinq, 14 August 1963) is a French comics writer and editor. He has also worked as Scotch Arleston. Biography In his early childhood, Christophe Arleston lived in Madagascar, Macon and Paris before returnin ...
.


Works

* ''
Lanfeust of Troy ''Lanfeust of Troy'' is a long-running French language comic series written by Christophe Arleston, drawn by Didier Tarquin, and published by Soleil Productions. The first volume was released in 1994. Synopsis On the world of Troy, most humans ...
'' * ''
Lanfeust of the stars ''Lanfeust of Troy'' is a long-running French language comic series written by Christophe Arleston, drawn by Didier Tarquin, and published by Soleil Productions. The first volume was released in 1994. Synopsis On the world of Troy, most humans ...
'' * ''
Gnomes of Troy A gnome () is a mythological creature and diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and widely adopted by authors, including those of modern fantasy literature. They are typically depicted ...
'' * '' Roq''


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Biography (fr)
1967 births Living people Artists from Toulon French comics artists French comics writers French fantasy writers French fantasy artists {{cartoonist-stub