Hermann Huppen (born 17 July 1938) is a
Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his
post-apocalyptic comic ''
Jeremiah'' which was made into a
television series
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.
Biography
Hermann was born in 1938 in Bévercé (now a part of
Malmedy) in
Liège Province
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Liège Province is the only Belgian province that has borders with three countries. It borders (clockwise from the north) the Du ...
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[De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Hermann". In België gestript, pp. 124-125. Tielt: Lannoo.] After studying to become a furniture maker and working as interior architect, Hermann made his debut as comic book artist in 1964 in the
Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''
Spirou'' with a four-page story.
Greg noticed his talent and offered him to work for his studio. In 1966, he began illustrating the ''
Bernard Prince'' series written by Greg, published in ''
Tintin'' magazine. In 1969, also in collaboration with Greg, he began the western series ''Comanche''. This appeared at the same time as other western series such as ''
Blueberry''.
Hermann began writing his own stories in 1977, starting the post-apocalyptic ''Jeremiah'' series, which is still produced today. In the same period, he also made three albums of ''Nick'', inspired by ''
Little Nemo in Slumberland'', for ''Spirou''.
[ In 1983 he began a new series, '']Les Tours de Bois-Maury
''The Towers of Bois-Maury'' (original French title: ''Les Tours de Bois-Maury'') is a series of graphic novels that begun in 1984 by Belgian comic book creator Hermann.
Plot
Set in 11th century Europe, the series concerns the efforts of the wa ...
'', which is set in the Middle Ages
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and is less focused on action than his other works.
Hermann has also created many non-series graphic novels sometimes together with his son Yves H. One of them, ''Lune de Guerre'', with a story by Jean Van Hamme, was later filmed as ' by Dominique Deruddere.
Hermann is characterized by a realistic style and stories that are both somber and angry, with a sense of disillusion with regards to the human character in general, and current society more specifically.[
]
Awards
* 1973: Prix Saint-Michel, Belgium
* 1980: Prix Saint-Michel
* 1992: Best Long Comic Strip at the Haxtur Award
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s, Spain
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:: - nominated for Best Drawing at the Haxtur Awards
* 1999: nominated for Best Drawing and Best Cover at the Haxtur Awards
* 2001: Best Drawing at the Haxtur Awards
:: - nominated for Best Short Comic Strip and Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
* 2002: Grand Prix Saint-Michel
:: - nominated for Best Short Comic Strip and Best Drawing at the Haxtur Awards
* 2003: nominated for the Audience Award and the Artwork Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
* 2005: nominated for the Audience Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
* 2006: nominated for Best Comic (French language) at the Prix Saint-Michel
* 2010: nominated for Best Artwork at the Prix Saint-Michel
Selected bibliography
All of these comics have been published in French, Dutch and German: other translations are noted in the "remarks" column.
References
Sources
* Béra, Michel; Denni, Michel; and Mellot, Philippe (2002): "Trésors de la Bande Dessinée 2003-2004". Paris
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, Les éditions de l'amateur.
Hermann publications in ''Spirou''
BDoubliées
External links
Hermann Huppen official site
on Lambiek Comiclopedia
Hermann fan site
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1938 births
Living people
People from Malmedy
Belgian comics artists
Belgian comics writers
Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême winners