Pascal Mesenburg (born 1960,

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Biography

Mezzo was influenced by 1960s-1970s rock album covers and the American underground scene, including artists like

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. These influences provided an "electric" counterpoint to his Franco-Belgian and older American influences. In 1978, he enrolled at the

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and the

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in Paris but chose to focus on music rather than completing his studies. Concurrently, he published illustrations in various fanzines, graphzines, and Parisian magazines such as Rock en Stock, Best, Zoulou, L'Écho des savanes,

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, Métal Aventure. He participated in advertising campaigns for brands such as Pall Mall, Dupuy Saatchi, and

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. In 1988, he began collaborating with Michel Pirus, focusing primarily on comics while continuing to work in graphic design and illustration. His work ''King of the Flies'' (''Le Roi des mouches''), with the first volume published in 2005, received critical acclaim and was translated into Spanish, Dutch, and English. He collaborated with Pirus on the script. In 2014, he released ''Love in Vain'', which depicts the life of blues musician

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, with the script written by Jean-Michel Dupont.

Bibliography

; With Michel Pirus, scenarist * 1991 : ''Les Désarmés'' T.1, éd. Zenda * 1993 : ''Les Désarmés'' T.2, éd. Zenda * 1995 : ''Deux tueurs'', éd. Delcourt * 1996 : ''Un monde étrange'' (6 short stories published initially by Humanoïdes Associés in collection «

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présente »), éd. Delcourt * 1997 : ''Mickey Mickey'', éd. Delcourt * 2005 : ''Le Roi des mouches'', T.1, ''Hallorave'', éd.

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- (Official selection of

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2006) * 2008 : ''Le Roi des mouches'', T.2, ''L’Origine du monde'', éd. Drugstore ( Glénat) - (Official selection of

2009) * 2010 : ''Les Désarmés'' (full version reworked and recolored), éd. Drugstore (Glénat) * 2013 : ''Le Roi des mouches'' T.3, ''Sourire suivant'', éd. Glénat - (Official selection of

2014) ; With Jean-Michel Dupont, scenarist *

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: ''Love in Vain'', Hors collection, éd. Glénat — prix des Libraires de Bande Dessinée 2015

Awards

2008 : Prix de la BD du Point, with Michel Pirus, for ''King of the Flies'', vol 2 : ''The Origin of the World''.

References

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