Caza (), the pseudonym of Philippe Cazaumayou (; born 14 November 1941), is a French
comics artist
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.
Biography
At 18, Cazaumayou started a career in advertising which lasted for ten years, but in 1970 he entered the field of
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, releasing his first album, ''Kris Kool''. Caza began to publish work in ''
Pilote
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'' magazine, starting with his series ''Quand les costumes avaient des dents'' (''When Costumes had Teeth'') in 1971, followed by other short work. The series of stories ''Scènes de la vie de banlieue'' (''Scenes of Suburban Life'') was published in 1975, followed by the ''L'Âge d'Ombre'' stories, ''Les Habitants du crépuscule'' and ''Les Remparts de la nuit''.
With the emergence of the magazine ''
Métal Hurlant
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'' in 1975, Caza began to supply work within the science-fiction genre, with titles such as ''Sanguine'', ''L'oiseau poussière'', initially working with an exhaustive black and white dot technique. This was later abandoned for a style of colour use which would become a trademark, as seen in later work such as ''Arkhê'', ''Chimères'' and ''Laïlah''.
From 1985 to 1987, he worked closely with
René Laloux
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Biography
He was born in Paris in 1929 and went to art school to study painting. After some time working in advertising, he got a job in ...
on the animated film ''
Gandahar'', based on the novel by
Jean-Pierre Andrevon
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. In 2002–2003, he worked with Philippe Leclerc on the animated film ''
The Rain Children
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Plot
Since the Great Sundering, the world has been d ...
'', based on a novel by
Serge Brussolo.
Partial bibliography
* ''Kris Kool'' (1970, Eric Losfeld,
)
* ''Scènes de la vie de banlieue'' (3 albums, 1977–1979, Dargaud)
* ''Arkhé'' (1982, Les Humanoïdes Associés,
)
* ''L'âge d'ombre''
** ''Les habitants du crépuscule'' (1982, Dargaud,
)
** ''Les remparts de la nuit'' (1984, Dargaud,
)
* ''Laïlah'' (1988, Les Humanoïdes Associés,
)
* ''Le monde d'Arkadi'' (7 albums, 1989–2004, Les Humanoïdes Associés)
* ''Chroniques de la terre fixe-Nocturnes'' (1999, Decourt,
)
* ''Kronozone'' (2004, Delcourt,
)
* ''Dialogue avec l'extraterrestre'' (2005, Le Pythagore,
)
* ''Le Jardin Délicieux'' (2012, Quinoa Design éditions, Collection CAZA/eBOOK
)
Newspaper cartoons
* ''Pour en finir avec 2009'' (2012, Quinoa Design éditions, 2012, Collection CAZA/eBOOK eBOOK (PDF and ePUB))
* ''La Fin du Monde ne passera pas !'' (2012, Quinoa Design éditions, Collection CAZA/eBOOK – Paper book
et eBOOK (PDF
et ePUB
)
Album art
*
Slift, ''
Ummon
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'' (2020)
Citations
General and cited sources
Caza publications in ''Pilote''an
BDoubliées
Bedetheque
External links
on Lambiek Comiclopedia
La case à Caza
CAZA eBOOK
on Hollywoodcomics
on Krinein
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1941 births
French comics artists
French comics writers
French male writers
Living people
French science fiction artists
French science fiction writers
Pseudonymous comics artists
Writers from Paris
Pilote