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Pilote
Cover of the first ''Pilote'' issue #0 ''Pilote'' () was a French comic magazine published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major French or Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as ''Astérix'', '' Barbe-Rouge'', ''Blueberry'', ''Achille Talon'', and '' Valérian et Laureline''. Major comics writers like René Goscinny, Jean-Michel Charlier, Greg, Pierre Christin and Jacques Lob were featured in the magazine, as were artists such as Jijé, Morris, Albert Uderzo, Jean (Mœbius) Giraud, Enki Bilal, Jean-Claude Mézières, Jacques Tardi, Philippe Druillet, Marcel Gotlib, Alexis, and Annie Goetzinger. ''Pilote'' also published several international talents such as Hugo Pratt, Frank Bellamy and Robert Crumb. History Following the publication of a teaser issue number 0 on June 1, ''Pilote'' made its debut proper on 29 October 1959. The magazine was started by experienced comics writers Goscinny and Charlier, and artists Albert Uderzo a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blueberry (comics)
''Blueberry'' is a Western comic series created in the Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition by the Belgian scriptwriter Jean-Michel Charlier and French comics artist Jean "Mœbius" Giraud. It chronicles the adventures of Mike Steve Donovan alias Blueberry on his travels through the American Old West. Blueberry is an atypical western hero; he is not a wandering lawman who brings evil-doers to justice, nor a handsome cowboy who "rides into town, saves the ranch, becomes the new sheriff and marries the schoolmarm".R.J.M. Lofficier: Before Nick Fury, There was... Lieutenant Blueberry in Marvel Age #79 October, 1989. In any situation, he sees what he thinks needs doing, and he does it. The series spawned out of the 1963 ''Fort Navajo'' comics series, originally intended as an ensemble narrative, but which quickly gravitated around the breakout character "Blueberry" as the main and central character after the first two stories, causing the series to continue under his n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Bandes dessinées, Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim under the pseudonym Mœbius (; ), as well as Gir () outside the English-speaking world, used for the ''Blueberry (comics), Blueberry'' series—his most successful creation in the non-English speaking parts of the world—and his Western (genre), Western-themed paintings. Esteemed by Federico Fellini, Stan Lee, and Hayao Miyazaki, among others,Screech, Matthew. 2005. Moebius/Jean Giraud: ''Nouveau Réalisme'' and Science fiction. in Libbie McQuillan (ed) "The Francophone bande dessinée" Rodopi. p. 1 he has been described as the most influential ''bande dessinée'' artist after Hergé. His most famous works include the series ''Blueberry'', created with writer Jean-Michel Charlier, featuring one of the first antiheroes in Western comics. As Mœbius, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilote 0
Cover of the first ''Pilote'' issue #0 ''Pilote'' () was a French comic magazine published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major French or Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as ''Astérix'', ''Barbe-Rouge'', ''Blueberry'', ''Achille Talon'', and '' Valérian et Laureline''. Major comics writers like René Goscinny, Jean-Michel Charlier, Greg, Pierre Christin and Jacques Lob were featured in the magazine, as were artists such as Jijé, Morris, Albert Uderzo, Jean (Mœbius) Giraud, Enki Bilal, Jean-Claude Mézières, Jacques Tardi, Philippe Druillet, Marcel Gotlib, Alexis, and Annie Goetzinger. ''Pilote'' also published several international talents such as Hugo Pratt, Frank Bellamy and Robert Crumb. History Following the publication of a teaser issue number 0 on June 1, ''Pilote'' made its debut proper on 29 October 1959. The magazine was started by experienced comics writers Goscinny and Charlier, and artists Albert Uderzo an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Mézières
Jean-Claude Mézières (; 23 September 1938 – 23 January 2022) was a French ''bandes dessinées'' artist and illustrator. Born in Paris and raised in nearby Saint-Mandé, he was introduced to drawing by his elder brother and influenced by comics artists such as Hergé, Andre Franquin and Morris and later by Jijé and Jack Davis. Educated at the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art, he worked upon graduation as an illustrator for books and magazines as well as in advertising. A lifelong interest in the Wild West led him to travel to the United States in 1965 in search of adventure as a cowboy, an experience that would prove influential on his later work. Returning to France, Mézières teamed up with his childhood friend, Pierre Christin, to create ''Valérian and Laureline'', the popular, long-running science fiction comics series for which he is best known and which influenced many science fiction and fantasy films, including '' Star Wars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
