Christophe Arleston (born Christophe Pelinq, 14 August 1963) is a French comics writer and editor. He has also worked as Scotch Arleston.

Biography

In his early childhood, Christophe Arleston lived in Madagascar, Macon and Paris before returning to Aix-en-Provence. He studied journalism at Marseille. He started his career by working as a journalist and later in communications. He started writing radio drama for France Inter. In 1992 he started writing comic books for

Soleil Productions Soleil Productions is a French publisher of both original and imported comic books. History Soleil was founded in 1989 in Toulouse. Soleil quickly became known as a publisher of cartoons and parodies such as Rahan, Blek le Roc et Tarzan. It so ...

. In 1994 he published

Lanfeust of Troy ''Lanfeust of Troy'' is a long-running French language comic series written by Christophe Arleston, drawn by Didier Tarquin, and published by Soleil Productions. Synopsis On the world of Troy, most humans have a single magic power. Each power ...

. In 1998 he created

Lanfeust Mag ''Lanfeust of Troy'' is a long-running French language comic series written by Christophe Arleston, drawn by Didier Tarquin, and published by Soleil Productions. Synopsis On the world of Troy, most humans have a single magic power. Each power is ...

, a monthly comic strip. Since 2021, he is the head of Drakoo Editions, a fantasy comics publishing house. In 2010, he was the bestselling comics author in France, with 1.5 million albums sold that year. Between 1980 and 2023, he was estimated to have sold 15 million albums. To this day, he has written over 250 books.

Awards

* Prix Humour at festival de Solliès-Ville 1993 for ''Léo Loden'' T.3 : ''Adieu ma joliette'' * Prix Jeunesse at festival d’Illzach 1993 and prix Microfolie’s at festival de Maisons-Laffitte for ''Léo Loden'' T.4 : ''Grillade provençale'' * Prix du meilleur scénario at festival de Chambéry 1998 for ''Trolls de Troy'' T.2 : ''Le Scalp du vénérable'' * Won the Alph-Art Jeunesse 9-12 ans at

Angoulême International Comics Festival The Angoulême International Comics Festival (french: Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lu ...

** 1998 for ''Trolls de Troy'' T.1 : ''Histoires trolles'' ** 2000 for ''Lanfeust de Troy'' T.7 : ''Les pétaures se cachent pour mourir'' ** 2002 for ''Trolls de Troy'' T.5 : ''Les Maléfices de la Thaumaturge'' * Prix jeunesse at la Foire du livre de Saint-Louis in 2011 for ''Lord of Burger'' * Prix Livrentête 2011, for ''Lord of Burger''

Bibliography

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'' (8 tomes with

Didier Tarquin Didier Tarquin (born 20 January 1967, Toulon) is a French cartoonist and comic book writer. He spent the first ten years of his life in Touggourt (Algeria) in the Sahara desert. He chose to become a cartoonist during a cartoon summer camp. His p ...

, 1994-2000) *''Lanfeust des Étoiles'' (8 tomes with

, 2001-2008) *''Lanfeust Odyssey'' (10 tomes with

, 2009-2018) *''Cixi de Troy'' (3 tomes with Olivier Vatine,

, 2009-2011) *''

Trolls of Troy Trolls of Troy is a French comic series published by Soleil Productions. It is a spin-off series of ''Lanfeust of Troy'' and is created by author Scotch Arleston and writer Jean-Louis Mourier. Since 1997, 24 volumes have been published in French ...

'' (with Jean-Louis Mourier, Soleil Productions, 1997–) *''Le Monde de Troy'' (4 tomes,

, 1998-2003) *''Les Conquérants de Troy'' (4 tomes with Ciro Tota,

, 2005-2014) *''Les Guerrières de Troy'' (2 tomes with Dany,

, 2010-2013) *''Légendes de Troy'' (9 tomes,

, 2009-2014) *''Gnomes de Troy'' (4 tomes,

, 2000-2014) *''Les Forêts d'Opale'' (12 tomes,

, 2000-2020) *'' Ythaq: The Forsaken World'' (with Adrien Floch, Soleil Productions, 2005-2019) *''Ekhö Monde Miroir'' (10 tomes with Alessandro Barbucci,

, 2013-2020) *''Les Elfes Noirs'' (5 tomes with Daniela Dimat,

, 2014-2019) *''Danthrakon'' (3 tomes with Olivier Boiscommun, Drakoo Editions, 2019-2020) *''Les Feux d'Askell'' (3 tomes with Jean-Louis Mourier,

, 1993-1995) * '' Le chant d'Excalibur'' (6 tomes with Eric Hübsch,

, 1998-2010) * ''Les Maîtres Cartographes'' (6 tomes with Paul Glaudel,

, 1992-2002) * ''Sinbad'' (3 tomes with Pierre Alary,

, 2008-2010) * ''Elixirs'' (3 tomes with Alberto Varanda,

, 2005-2013) * ''Moréa'' (6 tomes with Thierry Labrosse,

, 2000-2011) * ''Mycroft Inquisitor'' (3 tomes with Jack Manini,

, 1995-1998) * ''Odyxes'' (2 tomes with Steven Lejeune,

, 2014-2016) * ''Léo Loden'' (25 tomes with Serge Carrère,

, 1992-2017) * ''Lord of Burger'' (3 tomes with Alessandro Barbucci, Glénat Editions, 2010-2011) * ''Tandori'' (3 tomes with Curd Ridel, Le Lombard, 1993-1995) * ''Chimères 1887'' (5 tomes with Vincent, Glénat Editions, 2011-2016)

Notes

References

Christophe Arleston
at Bedetheque
Christophe Arleston
at BdParadisio * *
Christophe Arleston
at Marvel.com

External links

Lanfeust.com
official site for the Lanfeust series

Interviews

Interview Croisee de Christophe Arleston et DIidier Tarquin
Evene.fr, December 2006

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