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Mandryka
Nikita Mandryka (20 October 1940 – 13 June 2021) was a French cartoonist. He started drawing in the '' Vaillant'' magazine, before moving to '' Pilote'' in 1967, and then created '' L'Écho des savanes'' along with Claire Bretécher and Marcel Gotlib in 1972. He left this magazine in 1979, going back to ''Pilote'' as editorial director. His major and better known works are the '' Concombre masqué'' (''The Masked Cucumber'') stories. He won the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 1994. Awards and honors *1988: Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for Best Promotional Comic *1994: Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême *2005: Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for Inheritance * Asteroid 157747 Mandryka is named after Nikita Mandryka. Works *''Les aventures potagères du Concombre masqué'' (from 1975 to 2006). *''Clopinettes'' (drawing), with Gotlib (story), Dargaud, 1974. *''Mandryka'', Éditions du Fromage, 1976. *''Le retour du refoulé'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimiliano Frezzato
Massimiliano Frezzato (born March 12, 1967) is an Italian comic book author. Born in Turin, he studied art in that city and won the first Prize in the 1989 comics contest in Prato. In 1990 he started the series ''Margot'', written by Jerome Charyn. His most famous work is '' I custodi del Maser'' ('' Keepers of the Maser''), which appeared in 1996 and has been translated in numerous countries, including France, Belgium, Portugal, United States, Germany, Poland and Denmark. Frezzato's influences include Moebius, Enki Bilal, Tanino Liberatore, Hayao Miyazaki and Katsuhiro Ōtomo. Bibliography English translations Hardcover editions by '' Heavy Metal'' * Keepers of the Maser Series: ** ''Second Moon'' (52 pages, 1997, ) ** ''Isle of Dwarves'' (64 pages, 1998, ) ** ''Eye of the Sea'' (1999, ) ** ''The Iron Tower'' (2000, ) ** ''The Edge of the World'' (64 pages, 2003, ) ** ''The Lost Village'' (52 pages, 2005, ) ** ''The Young Queen'' (script by Massimiliano Frezzato, art by Fabio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Gotlib
Marcel Gottlieb (14 July 1934 – 4 December 2016), known professionally as Gotlib, was a French comics artist/writer and publisher. Through his own work and the magazines he co-founded, ''L'Écho des savanes'' and ''Fluide Glacial'', he was a key figure in the switch in French-language comics from their children's entertainment roots to an adult tone and readership. His series include ''Rubrique-à-Brac'', ''Gai-Luron'', and ''Superdupont''. Biography Youth Marcel Gottlieb was born on 14 July 1934 in Paris to parents of Romanian and Hungarian Jewish descent. His father, Ervin, was a house painter and his mother, Regine, a seamstress. In 1942 his father was deported and died at Buchenwald after their building's concierge obligingly helped policemen to find him, a scene which made a strong impression on young Marcel. His mother sent him to hide for the rest of the war on a farm, where he was poorly treated. Vaillant and Pilote At 17, he left school to work for a pharmaceutical ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotlib
Marcel Gottlieb (14 July 1934 – 4 December 2016), known professionally as Gotlib, was a French comics artist/writer and publisher. Through his own work and the magazines he co-founded, ''L'Écho des savanes'' and ''Fluide Glacial'', he was a key figure in the switch in French-language comics from their children's entertainment roots to an adult tone and readership. His series include '' Rubrique-à-Brac'', '' Gai-Luron'', and '' Superdupont''. Biography Youth Marcel Gottlieb was born on 14 July 1934 in Paris to parents of Romanian and Hungarian Jewish descent. His father, Ervin, was a house painter and his mother, Regine, a seamstress. In 1942 his father was deported and died at Buchenwald after their building's concierge obligingly helped policemen to find him, a scene which made a strong impression on young Marcel. His mother sent him to hide for the rest of the war on a farm, where he was poorly treated. Vaillant and Pilote At 17, he left school to work for a pharmaceutica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
L'Écho Des Savanes
''L’Écho des Savanes'' is a Franco-Belgian comics magazine founded in May 1972 by Claire Bretécher, Marcel Gotlib and Nikita Mandryka. It featured the work of French and international authors and graphic artists in mature-oriented comics over the course of 34 years and temporarily ended publication in December 2006. It was relaunched in 2008. History The first issue of ''L’Écho des Savanes'' was published on May 1, 1972. It was the only issue that year, although popular demand caused it to be reprinted in several editions. All its pages (except for the cover) were in black and white and exclusively contained the work of its founders, Bretécher, Gotlib and Mandryka. Marked as a publication for adults, it staked a different course than ''Pilote'' magazine, the family-friendly publication the founders had a long relationship with. Over the following two years, it was a quarterly publication. Only near the end of this period, work by other creators began to appear, such as Ale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Bretécher
Claire Bretécher (; 17 April 1940 – 10 February 2020) on Lambiek Comiclopedia was a French cartoonist, known particularly for her portrayals of women and gender issues. Her creations included ''Les Frustrés'', and the unimpressed teenager ''Agrippine (comics), Agrippine''. Biography Bretécher was born in Nantes and got her first break as an illustrator when she was asked to provide the artwork for ''Le facteur Rhésus'' by René Goscinny for ''L'Os à moelle'' in 1963. She went on to work for several popular magazines and in 1969 invented the character "Cellulite". In 1972 she joined Marcel Gotlieb, Gotlib and Nikita Mandryka, Mandryka in founding the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''L'Écho des savanes''. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she published succes ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize For Inheritance
The Prize for Inheritance (''Prix du patrimoine'') is one of the prizes awarded by the Angoulême International Comics Festival. This award recognizes a new French-language edition of great comics from the past. It has been awarded each year since 2004, from a list of 6-8 finalists. 2000s * 2004: '' L'anthologie'' by Arthur Burdett Frost ** ''M Le Magicien ( Mandrake the Magician)'' by Massimo Mattioli ** ''Ayako'' by Osamu Tezuka ** '' Clifton'' by Raymond Macherot ** '' Lycaons'' by Alex Barbier ** '' Coup d'éclat'' by Yoshihiro Tatsumi ** ''Social Fiction'' by Chantal Montellier * 2005: '' Le Concombre masqué'' by Mandryka, Dargaud ** '' Félix'' by Maurice Tillieux, Niffle ** ''Barefoot Gen'' by Keiji Nakazawa, Vertige Graphic ** '' Les Mythes de Cthulhu'' by Alberto Breccia, Rackham ** '' Mystérieuse, matin, midi et soir'' by Jean-Claude Forest, L’Association ** '' Ragnar le Viking'' by Eduardo Teixeira Coelho and Ollivier, Glénat ** '' Spiderman intégrale 1969'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angoulême International Comics Festival Best Promotional Comic
This Prize for best promotional comic is awarded to comics at the Angoulême International Comics Festival from 1986 to 1992, and again since 2003. It is intended to crown the best communication campaign supported by comics of the past year. As is the customary practice in Wikipedia for listing awards such as Oscar results, the winner of the award for that year is listed first, the others listed below are the nominees. 1980s * 1986: ''Lutte contre le vandalisme dans les cabines publiques'' by Frank Margerin * 1987: ''Felix et le bus'', collaboration * 1988: ''Pas de sida pour Miss Poireau'' by Mandryka and Claude Moliterni * 1989: ''La Var, le département dont vous êtres le héros'' by Floc'h and Fromental ** Special mention for ''Vae Victis, la BD derrière les barreaux'' by Didier Savard 1990s * 1990: ''Un arbre n’est pas une ville'' by Fromental and Floc'h * 1991: ''Rires et chansons'' by Vuillemin ** Special mention for ''Egoïste'' by Jacques Tardi * 1992: ''Hergée' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bizerte
Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the capital Tunis. It is also known as the last town to remain under French control after the rest of the country won its independence from France. The city had 142,966 inhabitants in 2014. Names Hippo is the latinization of a PunicPerseus Digital Library Perseus.tufts.edu name ( xpu, 𐤏𐤐𐤅𐤍, ), probably related to the word ''ûbôn'', meaning "harbor". To distinguish it from Hippo Regius (the modern |
1940 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albin Michel
Albin may refer to: Places * Albin, Wyoming, US * Albin Township, Brown County, Minnesota, US * Albin, Virginia, US People * Albin (given name), origin of the name and people with the first name "Albin" * Albin (surname) ;Mononyms * Albin of Brechin (died 1269), Scottish bishop * Albin (rapper), real name Albin Johnsén, Swedish rapper * Albin (singer), mononym of Albin Sandqvist, Swedish electronic and dance pop singer Other * Albin (meteorite), found in 1915 in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States * Albin Countergambit, a chess opening * Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, founded in 1961, located in Winter Park, Florida, US * Albin Vega, a brand of yacht designed in Sweden * Per Albin Line, folkloric name of a 500 kilometer long line of light fortifications erected during World War II around the coast of southern Sweden * Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 The naming law in Sweden ( sv, lag om personnamn) is a Swedish law which requires the approv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
