Paul Gillon (11 May 1926 – 21 May 2011) was a French

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artist. He won the 1982

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. Born in

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, he considered fashion, theater and cinema, and only by accident made a career as a comics author. In the magazine '' Vaillant'', he continued the older series ''Lynx Blanc'', and created ''Fils de Chine'' and ''Cormoran''. From 1959 until 1972, he drew ' for ''

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'' and also did series for the '' Journal de Mickey''. Together with

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, he created the

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cosmic opera series '' Les naufragés du temps'' (''Lost in Time'') and in ''

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'' (''Echo of the Savannahs'') he produced the erotic comics '' La Survivante'' (''The Survivor'') and ''Jéhanne''. He died in

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Works

*''Lynx Blanc'' (''White Lynx''), in the collection ''Grandes Aventures Vaillant'', 1961 (first published between 1948 and 1957) ** #11: ''Tonnerre sur les Îles'' (''Thunder on the Islands'') ** #15: ''Aventures dans la Brousse'' (''Adventures in the Bushland'') *''

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'' (published in ''

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'' between 1968 and 1972) #''Les dieux barbares'' (''The Savage Gods''), Lombard, 1973;

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, 1981 #''La mijaurée, la mégère et le nabot'' (''The Prim Miss, the Shrew and the Runt''), Lombard, 1974; Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1982 #''Intrigues à la Jamaïque'' (''Intrigue in Jamaica''), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1979 #''Le fort de San-Juan'' (''The Fort of San Juan''), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1980 * Les naufragés du temps (''Lost in Time'', first four volumes with

) Les Humanoïdes Associés #''L'étoile endormie'' (''The Sleeping Star'') - 1974 - #''La mort sinueuse'' (''Sinuous Death'') - 1975 - #''Labyrinthes'' (''Labyrinths'') - 1976 - #''L'univers cannibale'' (''The Cannibal Universe'') - 1976 - #''Tendre chimère'' (''Sweet Dream'') - 1977 - #''Les maîtres-rêveurs'' (''The Dream Masters'') - 1978 - #''Le sceau de Beselek'' (''The Saw of Beselek'') - 1979 - #''Ortho-Mentas'' - 1981 - #''Terra'' - 1984 - #''Le cryptomère'' (''The Cryptomeria'') - 1989 - * ''Histoire du socialisme en France'' (''History of Socialism in France''), Service de l'Homme, 1977 (introduction by

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) * With

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: ''Fils de Chine'' (''Son of China''), Glénat, 1978 (first published between 1950 and 1953) * ''Wango'', Furioso (Futuropolis Diffusion), 1980 (first published between 1958 and 1960) *' (''Number 13, Hope Street''), Les Humanoïdes Associés (with ' between 1959 and 1972) **Volume 1: 1980 **Volume 2: 1982 *''Téva'', Les Humanïdes Associés, 1982 (based on a TV series from 1973) *''Les Léviathans'' #''Les Léviathans'' (''The Leviathans''), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1982; retitled ''Le Plan Aspic'', Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1990 #''La dent de l'alligator'' (''Alligator's Tooth''), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1990;

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, 2000 #''Réaction en chaîne'' (''Chain Reaction''), Albin Michel, 2000 * ''Les Mécanoïdes Associés'' (''The Society of Mechanoids''), Humanoïdes Associés, coll. ''Pied Jaloux'', 1982 * ''Capitaine Cormoran'' (Paul Gillon - complete works part 1), Humanoïdes Associés, 1983 (first published between 1954 and 1959) * ''

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'',

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, 1983 (with Jean Ollivier) * ''Processus de Survie'' (''Process of Survival''), Humanoïdes Associés, coll. ''Pied Jaloux'', 1984 * ''

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'', Hachette, 1985 (with Claude Gendrot) * ''La survivante'' (''The Survivor'') # ''La survivante'' - October 1985 # ''L’héritier'' (''The Heir'') - October 1987 # ''La revanche'' (''Revenge'') - April 1990 # ''L’ultimatum'' (''Ultimatum'') - November 1991 *With

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, ''Au nom de tous les miens'' (''For Those I Loved''), based on Martin Gray #''Les fourmis'' (''The Ants''), Glénat, 1986 #''Les renards'' (''The Foxes''), Glénat, 1987 * ''Jehanne'' (''Joan of Arc''), Albin Michel # ''La sève et le sang'' (''Sap and Blood''), 1993 # ''La pucelle'' (''The Maiden''), 1997 *With Denis Lapière, ''La dernière des salles obscures'' (''The Last of the Dark Halls''), Dupuis ** Part 1: 1996 ** Part 2: 1998 * ''Le contrat'' (''The Contract''), Albin Michel, 2001. * ''La veuve blanche'' (''White Widow''), coll. Aire Libre, Dupuis, 2002. *With

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, '' Le Décalogue'', part 7: ''La conspiration'' (''The Conspiracy''), 2002. *With Richard Malka, ''L'Ordre de Cicéron'' ("Cicero's Order") #''Le procès'' (''The Trial''), Glénat, 2004 #''Mis en examen'' (''Cross-examination''), Glénat, 2006 *With Frank Giroud, ''Quintet'' **''Deuxième mouvement - Histoire d'Alban Méric'' (''Second Movement: the Story of Alban Méric''), coll. ''Empreinte(s)'', Dupuis, 2005

Awards

* 1972: Prix Phénix for ''Jérémie'' * 1974: Prix Phénix for ''Les Naufragés du temps'' * 1978: Best French Artist at the

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, France * 1982:

* 1986: Grand Prix RTL for ''Au nom de tous les miens'' * 1986: Special Jury Award at the 17th Lucca Festival * 1998: Grand Prix ' at the Lucca Festival

Sources

* 1978: ''Schtroumfanzine - Les Cahiers de la bande dessinée'', no. 36 - Dossier Gillon * 1986: ''Champagne !'' no. 2/3, October - Interview Gillon * 1982: ''b.d. bulle'' (magazine of the Angoulême Festival), no. 10 - Dossier Gillon * 1998 : ''Monsieur Gillon'', biography by Claude Gendrot, published together with ''La dernière des salles obscures''

Video

* ''Paul Gillon'', by Jean-Loup Martin, Cendrane Films / 8 Mont Blanc productions, 1997 (25' 30")

External links

Biography

Biography
on the site of publisher

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