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Benoît Mouchart
Benoît Mouchart (born 1976 in Versailles) is a French writer and curator. From 2003 to 2013, he was artistic director of the cultural programming of Angoulême International Comics Festival, in France. Biography After having obtained in 1999 a masters of Literature in the Sorbonne (Paris IV), he becomes French professor for high school programme, intend to devote itself to journalism. Critic (''Bang!'' and ''9e art''), he contributes its share to the special issues devoted to the comics of the French magazines ''Géo'', ''Télérama'', ''Science et Vie'' and ''Beaux-arts'' magazine. He is also the author of several books, of which an investigation into the ghost writer of the Belgian school Jacques Van Melkebeke and, in collaboration with François Rivière, a biography of the creator of " Blake and Mortimer", Edgar P. Jacobs. Since 2004, he animates the two-monthly meetings "the territories of the comic strip" for the BPI of the Pompidou Centre. With Areski Belkacem and Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Versailles (city)
Versailles () is a commune in the department of the Yvelines, Île-de-France, renowned worldwide for the Château de Versailles and the gardens of Versailles, designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Located in the western suburbs of the French capital, from the centre of Paris, Versailles is a wealthy suburb of Paris with a service-based economy and is a major tourist destination. According to the 2017 census, the population of the city is 85,862 inhabitants, down from a peak of 94,145 in 1975.Population en historique depuis 1968 INSEE A new town founded at the will of King , Versai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clément Oubrerie
Clement or Clément may refer to: People * Clement (name), a given name and surname * Saint Clement (other)#People Places * Clément, French Guiana, a town * Clement, Missouri, U.S. * Clement Township, Michigan, U.S. Other uses * Adolphe Clément-Bayard French industrialist (1855–1928), founder of a number of companies which incorporate the name "Clément", including: ** Clément Cycles, French bicycle and motorised cycle manufacturer ** Clément Motor Company, British automobile manufacturer and importer ** Clément Tyres, Franco-Italian cycle tyre manufacturer, licensed in America since 2010 * First Epistle of Clement, of the New Testament apocrypha * ''Clément'' (film), a 2001 French drama See also * * * * Clemens, a name * Clemente, a name * Clements (other) * Clementine (other) * Klement, a name * Kliment, a name * San Clemente (other) Pope Clement I (Saint Clement, died 99AD) is called San Clemente in Spanish and Italian and gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludovic Debeurme
Ludovic Debeurme is a French comic artist who has gained popularity in the US by his release of the English language graphic novel, ''Lucille''. Education and career Debeurme is a French graphic novelist and illustrator who was born in 1971. After studying fine art at the Sorbonne, he was first published in the anthology Comix 2000, followed by the acclaimed graphic novels Céfalus (2002) and Mes ailes d’homme (2003), the autobiographical story collection Ludologie (2003), and youth-oriented illustrated editions of the classics Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2001), The Chancellor (2004), and Gargantua (2004). His breakthrough came in 2006 with the release of Lucille, which won the René Goscinny Prize and was named one of the 5 "Essential" graphic novels of the Angoulême International Comics Festival. He followed that success with Le grand autre (2007), Le lac aux Vélies (2009), and Terra maxima (2010). The year 2011 saw his English-language debut with Lucille from Top Shelf, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervé Tanquerelle
Hervé is a French masculine given name of Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also ''Haerveus''), an early (8th-century) latinization was ''Charivius''. Anglicized forms are Harvey and Hervey. Its Old Breton form was ''Huiarnviu'' (cf. Old Welsh ''Haarnbiu'' ), composed of the elements ''hoiarn'' ("iron", modern Breton ''houarn'', c.f. Welsh ''haearn'') and ''viu'' ("bright", "blazing", modern Breton ''bev''). Its common Celtic form would have been ''*isarno-biuos'' or ''*-ue(s)uos''. Recorded Middle Breton forms of the name include ''Ehuarn, Ehouarn, Houarn''. The name of the 6th-century saint is recorded in numerous variants, including forms such as: ''Houarniault'', ''Houarneau''; as the name of a legendary Breton bard, the name occurs in varians such as ''Hyvarnion, Huaruoé, Hoarvian''.''Bulletin Archéologique de l'Association Bretonne '' t. 4 (1884)p. 206 People with the given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred (cartoonist)
Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlude)" and "Alfred (Outro)", songs by Eminem from the 2020 album '' Music to Be Murdered By'' Business and organisations * Alfred, a radio station in Shaftesbury, England * Alfred Music, an American music publisher *Alfred University, New York, U.S. *The Alfred Hospital, a hospital in Melbourne, Australia People * Alfred (name) includes a list of people and fictional characters called Alfred * Alfred the Great (848/49 – 899), or Alfred I, a king of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons Places Antarctica * Mount Alfred (Antarctica) Australia * Alfredtown, New South Wales * County of Alfred, South Australia Canada * Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario * Alfred Island Alfred Island is an uninhabited, irregularly shaped island located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tintin (character)
Tintin (; ) is the titular protagonist of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The character was created in 1929 and introduced in , a weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper . Appearing as a young man with a round face and quiff hairstyle, Tintin is depicted as a precocious, multitalented reporter who travels the world with his dog Snowy. Since his inception in the early 20th century, Tintin has remained a popular literary figure with statues and commemorative murals of the character seen throughout Belgium. In addition to the original comic series, Tintin has appeared in numerous plays, radio shows, television shows, and feature films, including the 2011 film ''The Adventures of Tintin'', directed by Steven Spielberg. History Influences Hergé biographer Pierre Assouline noted that "Tintin had a prehistory", being influenced by a variety of sources that Hergé had encountered throughout his life. Hergé noted that during h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan De Moor
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Johan * Johan (given name) * ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada * Jo-Han, a manufacturer of plastic scale model kits See also * John (name) John (; ') is a common male given name in the English language of Hebrew origin. The name is the English form of ''Iohannes'' and ''Ioannes'', which are the Latin forms of the Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenized J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg (comics)
Michel Régnier (5 May 1931 – 29 October 1999), best known by his pseudonym Greg, was a Belgian cartoonist best known for ''Achille Talon'', and later became editor of ''Tintin'' magazine. Biography Regnier was born in Ixelles, Belgium in 1931. His first series, ''Les Aventures de Nestor et Boniface'', appeared in the Belgian magazine '' Vers l'Avenir'' when he was sixteen. He moved to the comic magazine ''Héroic Albums'', going on to work for the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou'' in 1954. In 1955 he launched his own magazine, ''Paddy'', but eventually discontinued it. The series for which Greg is best known, ''Achille Talon'', began in 1963 in ''Pilote'' magazine, also the source of comics such as ''Asterix''.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Greg". In België gestript, pp. 117-119. Tielt: Lannoo. This series, which he both wrote and illustrated, presents the comic misadventures of the eponymous mild-mannered polysyllabic bourgeois. In all 42 albums appeared, the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre Culturel Canadien
Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity Places United States * Centre, Alabama * Center, Colorado * Center, Georgia * Center, Indiana * Center, Jay County, Indiana * Center, Warrick County, Indiana * Center, Kentucky * Center, Missouri * Center, Nebraska * Center, North Dakota * Centre County, Pennsylvania * Center, Portland, Oregon * Center, Texas * Center, Washington * Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin * Center, Rock County, Wisconsin ** Center (community), Wisconsin * Center Township (other) * Centre Township (other) * Centre Avenue (other) * Center Hill (other) Other countries * Centre region, Hainaut, Belgium * Centre Region, Burkina Faso * Centre Region (Cameroon) * Centre-Val de Loire, formerly Centre, France * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mondial De L'automobile
The Paris Motor Show (french: Mondial de l'Automobile) is a biennial auto show in Paris. Held during October, it is one of the most important auto shows, often with many new production automobile and concept car debuts. The show presently takes place in Paris expo Porte de Versailles. The ''Mondial'' is scheduled by the ''Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles'', which considers it a major international auto show. In 2016, the Paris Motor Show welcomed 1,253,513 visitors, making it the most visited auto show in the world, ahead of Tokyo and Frankfurt. The key figures of the show are: of exhibition, 8 pavilions, 260 brands from 18 countries, 65 world premieres, more than 10 000 test drives for electric and hybrid cars, more than 10 000 journalists from 103 countries. Until 1986, it was called the ''Salon de l'Automobile''; it took the name ''Mondial de l'Automobile'' in 1988 and ''Mondial Paris Motor Show'' in 2018. The show was held annually until 1976; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futuroscope
Futuroscope, or Parc du Futuroscope (), formerly known as Planète Futuroscope, is a French theme park based upon multimedia, cinematographic futuroscope and audio-visual techniques. It has several 3D cinemas and a few 4D cinemas along with other attractions and shows, some of which are the only examples in the world. It is located in the department of Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, north of Poitiers, in the communes of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou and Jaunay-Clan. The park had 1.83 million visitors in 2015. In total, 50 million visitors have been to the park since it opened in 1987. History * 1984 : 11 December, first stone placed by René Monory, president of the general council of Vienne. * 1987 : 31 May, opens to the public with ''Kinémax'', the ''Pavillon du Futuroscope'' and a play zone. * 1988 : opening of the first ''Dynamique Cinéma'' - ''Monde des Enfants'' (the world of children) and the ''Showscan'' (the first part of the ''Pavillon de la Communication''). * 1989 : the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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