Jean-Pierre Autheman (17 December 1946 – 26 October 2020) was a French comic book author and teacher in art, computer graphics school. He was also occasionally a novelist, illustrator, and cartoonist.

Biography

After studying arts and letters, Autheman moved from

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to try his luck as a designer. He made his debut in 1972 with the self-published comic strip ''Mémoires d'un Gardien de Phare''. His friend,

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, who worked for ''

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'', helped him publish comics in ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. At the end of the 1970s, he became involved in the

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. In 1979, Autheman created the characters ''Condor'' and ''Vic Valence'', whose first title, ''Une nuit chez Tennessee'' won Best Album at the

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in 1987. He then began writing comics with more scarcity, with his last written comic coming in 2006, titled ''Zambada'' and illustrated by Éric Maltaite. He then became a professor of narrative image and screenplay design at the École des Nouvelles Images (formerly Supinfocom) in

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. Jean-Pierre Autheman died in Arles on 26 October 2020, at the age of 73. According to Guy Vidal, Autheman was a "great screenwriter".

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complimented his warm character.

Publications

Newspaper Comic Strips

*''Escale à Nacaro'' in ''Charlie Mensuel'' (1978–1979) *''Les Déserteurs'' (1981–1983) *''Condor'' in ''Pilote'' #''L'Otage'' (1982-1983) # ''Alerte en Afrique'' (1984) #''L'Empire du Pacifique'' (1986–1987) #''Le Testament de Marius Casanova'' (1989) *''Vic Valence'' in ''Circus'' #''Une nuit chez Tennessee'' (1985–1986) #''La Passagère silencieuse'' (1987) *''Le Voyage du bâteleur : La Dame de Dorfgrau'' (1987)

Comic Strip Albums

*''Mémoires d'un gardien de phare'' (1974) *''Les Déserteurs'' (1983) *''Condor'' #''Escale à Nacaro'' (1979) #''L'Otage'' (1984) #''Alerte en Afrique'' (1985) #''L'Empire du Pacifique'' (1987) #''Le Testament de Marius Casanova'' (1990) #''Opérette marseillaise'' (1993) #''Le Rendez-vous de Yu-Moon'' (1998) *''Les Sirènes de Balarin'' (1984) *''Ma zone'' (1984) *''Vic Valence'' #''Une nuit chez Tennessee'' (1986) #''La Passagère silencieuse'' (1987) #''La Lune des fous'' (1989) *''Le Voyage du bâteleur t. 1 : La Dame de Dorfgrau'' (1987) *''Le Filet de Saint-Pierre'' (1992) *''L'Arlésien'' (1992) *''Place des hommes'' (1993) *''Qu'est-ce qu'elles ont les filles?'' (1993) *''Le Pet du Diable'' (1994) *''Dérangez-pas mémé'' (1995) *''La Passe du manchot'' (1996) *''Exotissimo'' (1997) *''Les Nanas'' (1998) *''L'ombre de Moi-Même'' (1999) *''Le Passage de Vénus'' (1999–2000) *''Zambada'' #''Les Vagues de la mer'' (2001) #''La Maison de l'ange'' (2002) #''Menace sur Zambada'' (2003) #''Double jeu'' (2006) *''Le Trésor d'Alazar'' (2001)

Co-Authorship

*''Fripons (Collectif Humanos)'' (1992) *''Demain l'an 3000'' (1999) *''En images et en bandes dessinées'' (2001)

Novels

*''L'Homme du général'' (1990)

Recipe Book

*''Cinquante Omelettes'' (2001)

Awards

*Best Album at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for ''Une nuit chez Tennessee'' (1987) *Prix Jacques-Lob (1994)

Biography

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