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Ligne Claire
''Ligne claire'' ( French for "clear line", ; nl, klare lijn) is a style of drawing created and pioneered by Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist and creator of ''The Adventures of Tintin''. It uses clear strong lines sometimes of varied width and no hatching, while contrast is downplayed as well. Cast shadows are often illuminated, and the style often features strong colours and a combination of cartoonish characters against a realistic background. The name was coined by Joost Swarte in 1977. History Hergé started out drawing in a much looser, rougher style which was likely influenced by American comic strip artists of the late 1920s and 1930s, such as Gluyas Williams and George McManus. However the precise lines which characterize most of his work are firmly in place early on (e.g. the colored version of ''The Blue Lotus'' (released in 1946) is based on the original black and white newspaper version from 1934–35 and not redrawn).Fingeroth, Danny. ''The Rough Guide to Graphic N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Mural Le Jeune Albert, Yves Chaland, Bruxelles
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; ''fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, and ' have become increasingly common, while online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century. The h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Martin (comics)
Jacques Martin (25 September 1921 – 21 January 2010) was a French comics artist and comic book creator. He was one of the classic artists of ''Tintin'' magazine, alongside Edgar P. Jacobs and Hergé, of whom he was a longtime collaborator. He is best known for his series ''Alix''. He was born in Strasbourg. Biography After pursuing engineering studies as a young man, Jacques Martin began in 1942 to draw his first comic stories. In 1946, following the end of the War, he travelled through Belgium in search of an editor for his work. Soon afterwards he met Georges Remi (aka Hergé) with whom he collaborated on several albums of ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (and more specifically on ''Tintin in Tibet'' and ''The Red Sea Sharks'') while working on his own albums. It was from Hergé that he learned of the ligne claire style and, under Hergé's guidance, began to use it in his own work. He would later be considered one of the great five of the ligne claire style, along with Hergé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800. During the 19th century, the Dutch possessions and hegemony expanded, reaching the greatest territorial extent in the early 20th century. The Dutch East Indies was one of the most valuable colonies under European rule, and contributed to Dutch global prominence in spice and cash crop trade in the 19th to early 20th centuries. The colonial social order was based on rigid racial and social structures with a Dutch elite living separate from but linked to their native subjects. The term ''Indonesia'' came into use for the geographical location after 1880. In the early 20th century, local intellectuals began developing the concept of Indonesia as a nation state, and set the stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Van Dongen
Peter van Dongen (born 21 October 1966 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and .... He is the winner of the 2018 Stripschapprijs. References Living people Dutch cartoonists Winners of the Stripschapsprijs People from Amsterdam 1966 births 21st-century Dutch male artists {{cartoonist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adèle Blanc-Sec
''The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec'' (french: link=no, Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec) is a gaslamp fantasy comic book series first appearing in 1976 written and illustrated by French comics artist Jacques Tardi and published in ''album'' format by Belgian publisher Casterman, sometimes preceded by serialisation in various periodicals, intermittently since then. The comic portrays the titular far-fetched adventures and mystery-solving of its eponymous heroine, herself a writer of popular fiction, in a secret history-infused, gaslamp fantasy version of the early 20th century, set primarily in Paris and prominently incorporating real-life locations and events. Initially a light-hearted parody of such fiction of the period, it takes on a darker tone as it moves into the post– World War I years and the 1920s. One of Tardi's most popular works and his first to span multiple ''albums'', it has been reprinted in English and other translati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gravett
Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981. He is the founder of ''Escape Magazine'', and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appearing in the UK magazine '' Comics International'', together with a monthly column for ''ArtReview''. He has written for various periodicals including ''The Guardian'', ''The Comics Journal'', ''Comic Art'', ''Comics International'', ''Time Out'', ''Blueprint'', ''Neo'', ''The Bookseller'', ''The Daily Telegraph,'' and '' Dazed & Confused''. Biography His career began in 1981, as he managed the Fast Fiction table at bi-monthly Comic Marts held in Westminster Hall. Gravett invited artists to send him their homemade comics, which he would sell from the Fast Fiction table with all proceeds going to the creator. His role in the British indie comics scene is depicted in Eddie Campbell's '' Alec'' comics, in which Gravett is called "The Man at the Crossroads." Late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floc'h
Jean-Claude Floch (born September 25, 1953), known as Floc'h, is a French illustrator, comics artist, and writer. He is known for his use of the style known as ligne claire. His older brother Jean-Louis Floch was also a cartoonist and illustrator. Biography After a quick study at the ''École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs'' (School of Decorative Arts) in Paris, he dedicated himself to illustration and comics. His first published comics pages were for the story ''Le Conservateur'', written by Rodolphe, which appeared in ''Imagine'' in 1975. The comics character "Sir Francis Albany" was created for ''Pilote'' magazine by Floc'h in 1977, and collaborating with François Rivière, Floc’h published his first collection of comics in 1977, ''Le Rendez-vous de Sevenoaks''. He and Rivière devoted themselves to a narrative and illustration style characterized by Anglophilia; the technique known as mise en abyme; as well as a ligne claire drawing style inspired by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Clerc
Serge Clerc (born 12 October 1957) is a French comic book artist and illustrator. Serge Clerc began his professional career in 1975 in the monthly magazine '' Métal Hurlant'', after having created his own fanzine, ''Absolutely Live''. Initially a science-fiction artist, his story ''Captain Futur'' appeared in book form in 1979 by Les Humanoïdes Associés. In the early 1980s Clerc's work regularly appeared in the British music magazines ''NME'' and ''Melody Maker''. For the magazine ''Rock and Folk'', he created the detective Phil Perfect and his alter-ego Sam Bronx, a series that was also printed in Métal Hurlant and in books by Les Humanoïdes Associés. His retro themed work has been used on music albums by The Fleshtones (''Speed Connection''), Carmel ('' The Drum Is Everything'') and Joe Jackson (''Big World''), as well as on a number of other albums and singles. Selected bibliography * 1978 : ''Le Dessinateur Espion'', Humanoïdes Associés * 1979 : ''Captain Futur'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Benoit
Thierry "Ted" Benoit (25 July 1947 – 30 September 2016) was a French comic artist, graphic novelist and prominent figure in the stylish Franco-Belgian ligne claire comics scene in the 1980s. His influences included Edgar P. Jacobs, Moebius, Robert Crumb and to a lesser extend Jacques Tardi. Among his works from the 1980s are ''Bingo Bongo et son Combo Congolais'', a series about aspiring novelist Bingo B. Bongo and his travails; and ''Ray Banana'', a film noir pastiche. Some of these were published in English in '' Heavy Metal''. Benoit illustrated two books in the '' Blake and Mortimer'' series, both written by Jean Van Hamme: '' The Francis Blake Affair'', 1996; and ''The Strange Encounter'', 2001. Benoit died on 30 September 2016 at the age of 69. Published albums *1979: ''Hôpital'', Les Humanoïdes Associés *1981: ''Vers la ligne claire'', Les Humanoïdes Associés *1982: ''Histoires vraies'', written by Yves Cheraqui, Les Humanoïdes Associés *1982: ''Berceu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Chaland
Yves Chaland (; 3 April 1957 – 18 July 1990) was a French cartoonist. During the 1980s, together with Luc Cornillon, Serge Clerc and Floc'h, he launched the ''Atomic style'', a stylish remake of the Marcinelle School in Franco-Belgian comics. Biography Chaland published his first strips in the fanzine ''Biblipop'' when he was 17. During his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Etienne, he created his own fanzine, ''L'Unité de Valeur'', in 1976, with Luc Cornillon. In 1978, he met writer/editor Jean-Pierre Dionnet, and they collaborated on features published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazines '' Métal Hurlant'' and ''Ah Nana''. These pastiches of 50s comics have been collected in the album ''Captivant''. He then created the characters of ''Bob Fish'', ''Adolphus Claar'', '' Freddy Lombard'', and ''Le Jeune Albert'', a scamp character living in the Marolles, a working-class area of Brussels. Yves Chaland, was approached to draw an adventure of ''Spirou et Fantas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henk Kuijpers
Henk Kuijpers (born 10 December 1946 in Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ..., Netherlands) is a comics artist most famous for his '' Franka'' series. Comics * Franka, 23 comic albums *Bars, 2 albums Kuijpers' ''Franka'' comics work features a strong model-like female sleuth solving mysteries, often in exotic locales. The series' images are drawn in strong lines with balanced weight, a style often classified as ligne claire. Awards Kuijpers received the Stripschapprijs prize in 1990. (portfolio on comichouse.nl website) References *External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Tardi
Jacques Tardi (; born 30 August 1946) is a French comic artist. He is often credited solely as Tardi. Biography Tardi was born on 30 August 1946 in Valence, Drôme. After graduating from the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ..., he started drawing comics in 1969, at the age of 23, in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Pilote'', initially illustrating short stories written by Jean Giraud and Serge de Beketch, before creating the political fiction story ''Rumeur sur le Rouergue'' from a scenario by Pierre Christin in 1972. In the English language, many of Tardi's books are published by Fantagraphics Books, edited and translated by Fantagraphics' co-founder Kim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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