Steve Requin (born Stéphane Johnson, July 21, 1968) is a Canadian cartoonist from Beloeil,

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Biography

Steve Requin started publishing comics in 1988 for a French Canadian pop music magazine called ''Wow !'', comics that he signed under the pseudonym ''Jon-Son''. In December 1994 he adopted the name Steve Requin and founded ''Les Publications Requin Roll'' for which he created and published many

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magazines such as ''Requin Roll'' and ''Les Plagiats de la BD''. In 1999, he founded '' MensuHell'', Québec's longest monthly underground comics magazine. ''MensuHells ownership has been passed to Francis Hervieux in 2002, who kept publishing it until issue No. 109, dated December 2008. Steve closed down ''Les Publications Requin Roll'' in January 2003. From November 2001 to November 2008, Steve has been a writer and artist for ''

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'', Québec's answer to the American magazine '' Mad''. He mostly wrote and/or drew parodies of TV shows and movies, but he is also known for comics series such as ''Malice'' (drawn by Serge Boisvert DeNevers) and ''Konar''. In 2017, at the Festival de la bande dessinée francophone de Québec, he received the Jacques-Hurtubise award for his comic project, ''La Clique Vidéo''.

Bibliography

Periodical publications

Magazines * ''Wow !'', pop music magazine, 1988–1989 * ''Zine Zag'', 100% comics, 1998–2004 * ''

'', Québec's illustrated humour magazine, 2001–2008 Fanzines * '' MensuHell'', Montréal underground comics 1999–2002 * ''Requin Roll'', Montréal underground comics 1994–1999 * ''Les Plagiats de la BD'', Montréal underground comics 1997–1999

References

''Beyond the funnies''

Bibliography and sources

* ''BDQ, Répertoire des publications de bandes dessinées au Québec des origines à nos jours'', 1999, Michel Viau, éditions Mille-Îles, Laval * ''Histoire de la bande dessinée au Québec'', 2008,

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, VLB éditeur, Études québécoises collection, Montréal

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