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Grand Prix De La Ville D'Angoulême
The Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême is a lifetime achievement award given annually during the Angoulême International Comics Festival to a comics author. Although not a monetary award, it is considered the most prestigious award in Franco-Belgian comics. It has been awarded mainly to French and Belgian authors, but also to international authors. Recipients are, on average, 50 years old. Three women, Florence Cestac, Rumiko Takahashi, and Julie Doucet have been awarded the prize. History The prize was first awarded during the first Angoulême festival in 1974. Traditionally, the winner has been selected as the president of the board and the prize jury of next year's festival. Since 1982, the winners have also drawn the next year's festival poster. In 1984, cartoonist Claire Bretécher received a special tenth anniversary award apart from the main prize, a practice since repeated on subsequent anniversaries. After 1989, the prize was awarded by a jury of all previous winners, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsupilami
''Marsupilami'' is a comic book character and fictional animal species created by André Franquin. Its first appearance was in the 31 January 1952 issue of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. Since then it appeared regularly in the popular Belgian comics series ''Spirou & Fantasio'', as a pet of the main characters, until Franquin stopped working on the series; the character's final appearance in the series during Franquin's lifetime was in 1970. In the late 1980s, another character of the same species, distinct from the pet Marsupilami owned by Spirou and Fantasio, got its own successful spin-off series of comic albums entitled ''Marsupilami'', written by Greg, Yann, and Dugomier, and drawn by Batem. The 1987 release of the first ''Marsupilami'' album marked the debut publication of the publishing house Marsu Productions, which was named after the character. ''Marsupilami'' has since become a multimedia franchise, with multiple animated series, a feature film, ... [...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] |
Fred (comics)
Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès (5 March 1931 – 2 April 2013), known by his pseudonym Fred, was a French cartoonist in the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. He is best known for his series '' Philémon''. Biography Born in Paris, France, on 5 March 1931, the son of Greek immigrants, Fred began his career in his early twenties, getting a cartoon published in the magazine ''Zéro'' in 1954. The following years he was published in several magazines, both French and foreign, such as ''Ici Paris'', ''France Dimanche'', ''Punch'' and ''The New Yorker'', among others. In 1960, he created the satirical journal ''Hara-Kiri'' with Georges Bernier and François Cavanna. He was the magazine's artistic director and drew its first 60 covers. Fred also wrote scenario for several artists, among others Jean-Claude Mézières, Loro, Georges Pichard, Hubuc, Mic Delinx and Alexis. In 1980, he was awarded the Grand Prix de la ville at the seventh Angoulême International Comics Festival. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijac
Jacques Dumas (7 November 1908 – 21 July 1994), better known as Marijac, was a French comics writer, artist, and editor. Biography Jacques Dumas was born in Paris in 1908. He started his career as a comics artist in te 1930s and used the pen name Marijac. His best known character in this period was the cowboy ''Jim Boum'', which appeared in '' Cœurs Vaillants''. During the war, he entered the Resistance and started the popular magazine '' Coq Hardi'', where he created the series ''Les trois mousquetaires du maquis''. The magazine existed from 1944 until 1963. His focus then shifted to the writing of comics for well known French artists like Raymond Cazanave (''Capitaine Fantôme''), Raymond Poivet (''Colonel X''), Dut, Mathelot, Étienne Le Rallic (''Poncho Libertas''), Kline, Trubert, and Calvo (''Coquin''). In later years, he continued to work as an editor at magazines aimed at girls or younger children like ''Mireille'', ''Frimousse'' and ''Nano et Nanette''. In 1979, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marc Reiser
Jean-Marc Reiser (; 13 April 1941 – 5 November 1983) was a French comics creator. Biography A prolific cartoon artist from 1959 until his death, Reiser made his debut in the publication ''La Gazette de Nectar'' for the Nicolas winery. His works are to this day controversial, with some people enthusiastically endorsing them, and others loathing them. At a 2004 exhibition of his works in the Centre Pompidou, the entrance displayed the warning "Beware! Some of the exhibited pictures could hurt the feelings of several visitors." He founded the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Hara-Kiri'' in 1960 together with Fred and François Cavanna. Reiser was known to attack taboos of all kinds. ''Hara-Kiri'' was banned in 1970 by the French Minister of the Interior for mocking the just deceased Charles de Gaulle. Reiser subsequently published his drawings in the follow-up magazine ''Charlie Hebdo'' and several other publications. In 1978 he won the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême.Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanguy Et Laverdure
''Les Aventures de Tanguy et Laverdure'' is a Franco-Belgian comics (''bande dessinée'') series created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo, about the two pilots Michel Tanguy and Ernest Laverdure, and their adventures in the French Air Force. Publication history Initially titled ''Michel Tanguy'', it made its debut in the first issue of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Pilote'' on October 29, 1959. The series provided ''Pilote'' with a competitor to the older, but similar series ''Buck Danny'' serialised in '' Spirou'' magazine (actually also co-created by Charlier as his first major ''bande dessinée'' series, incidentally), and '' Dan Cooper'', which appeared in ''Tintin'' magazine. Started in October 1959, the series was continuously published by Pilote until June 1971. Then its publication went on in ''Tintin'' (1973), ''Super As'' (1979/1980), the Catholic magazine '' Le Pélerin'' (around 1981/1984), ''Moustique Junior'' (Belgium; 1988). In 2002, the series resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Spring
''Jerry Spring'' is a Franco-Belgian comics, Franco-Belgian Western (genre), Western comics series created by the Belgium, Belgian comic book creator, comics creator Jijé. Originally published in ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou'' magazine, the series made its debut on March 4, 1954. Bibliography Notes Sources ''Jerry Spring'' publications in ''Spirou'' BDoubliées Dupuis titles Belgian comic strips Belgian comics characters, Spring, Jerry Western (genre) comics characters, Spring, Jerry Male characters in comics, Spring, Jerry 1954 comics debuts Comics characters introduced in 1954, Spring, Jerry 1977 comics endings 1990 comics debuts 1990 comics endings Fictional American people, Spring, Jerry Western (genre) comics Drama comics {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jijé
Joseph Gillain (), better known by his pen name Jijé (; 13 January 1914 – 19 June 1980), was a Belgian comics artist, best known for being a seminal artist on the ''Spirou et Fantasio'' strip (and for having introduced the Fantasio character) and the creator of one of the first major European western strips, ''Jerry Spring''. Biography Born Joseph Gillain in Gedinne, Namur, he completed various art studies (woodcraft, goldsmithing, drawing and painting) at the abbey of Maredsous. In 1936, he created his first comics character, ''Jojo'' in the catholic newspaper ''Le Croisé''. ''Jojo'' was heavily influenced by ''The Adventures of Tintin'', but Jijé gradually developed his own style. Soon a second series followed, '' Blondin et Cirage'', for the catholic youth magazine '' Petits Belges''.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Jijé". In België gestript, pp. 132–134. Tielt: Lannoo. Jijé also produced many illustrations for various Walloon magazines. In 1939, he started to work for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Pellos
René Pellos (born René Marcel Pellarin, 22 January 1900, Lyon – 8 April 1998, Cannes) was a French artist, cartoonist and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinées (BD) tradition. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics, representing Switzerland. References External linksBiographyat Lambiek's Comiclopedia 1900 births 1998 deaths French cartoonists French comics artists French sports journalists Cycling journalists Artists from Lyon Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême winners Swiss male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Switzerland Field hockey players at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{cartoonist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To The Heart Of The Storm
''To the Heart of the Storm'' is an autobiographical graphic novel by American cartoonist Will Eisner released in 1991. It tells of Willie's youth as the son of an immigrant family up to World War II. On its release, writer Tom De Haven gave the book an A rating in ''Entertainment Weekly'', calling Eisner "at the age of 74 ... a risk taker and an artist of astonishing vitality". The book won the 1992 Eisner Award (named for Will Eisner) for Best Graphic Album: New. It also won the 1992 Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album of Original Work. Publication history ''To the Heart of the Storm'' was originally released by Kitchen Sink Press in 1991. Kitchen Sink republished it in 1995. After Kitchen Sink's demise in 1999, DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dreamer (comics)
''The Dreamer'' is a 1985 thinly disguised autobiographical graphic novel by Will Eisner about his early years as a cartoonist for comic books in the 1930s, with a particular focus on his years as part of Eisner & Iger studios. The book delves into the early years of the comic book industry and how the idealistic Eisner and his more pragmatic partner organized a business to supply material for publishers. The incidents Eisner adapts for the story include how Jack Kirby frightened off a mobster who was attempting to intimidate his employer. A major plot point is how Eisner's principles and ideals sometimes complicated his business affairs such as the adaptation of the account of when he refused to perjure himself in court in a copyright infringement lawsuit over ''Wonder Man'' and thus cost his business a major account. (In reality, Eisner did testify on the stand that ''Wonder Man'' was an original creation.Quattro, Ken"DC vs. Victor Fox: The Testimony of Will Eisner" ''The Comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
