Yves Chaland (; 3 April 1957 – 18 July 1990) was a French

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in Franco-Belgian comics.

Biography

Chaland published his first strips in the fanzine ''Biblipop'' when he was 17. During his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Etienne, he created his own fanzine, ''L'Unité de Valeur'', in 1976, with Luc Cornillon. In 1978, he met writer/editor Jean-Pierre Dionnet, and they collaborated on features published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazines '' Métal Hurlant'' and ''Ah Nana''. These pastiches of 50s comics have been collected in the album ''Captivant''. He then created the characters of ''Bob Fish'', ''Adolphus Claar'', '' Freddy Lombard'', and ''Le Jeune Albert'', a scamp character living in the Marolles, a working-class area of

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. Yves Chaland, was approached to draw an adventure of ''

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'', appearinging in half-page installments of the weekly '' Spirou'' magazine. Done in a retro 50s style similar to his influences

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, both former artists on the ''Spirou'' feature. The unfinished story has been collected in the album '' Spirou et Fantasio – Hors Série, No. 4'' (Dupuis, 2003). He also did many advertising illustration commissions in his crisp, clean, "retro-modern" cartoon style.

Books published in English

As with many Franco-Belgian comics, Chaland's works have had limited publication in English. The complete Freddy Lombard series was released in the two volume Chaland Anthology. These were the only two released in English (in both paper and hardback, in 2003), while 4 volumes were released in French, containing his complete comic strip works for Métal Hurlant. (Chaland – L'Intégrale). A Magazine contribute to the knowledge of Chaland's artwork, ''The Journal of Freddy's friends'' is also available in English. * Le Journal des Amis de Freddy #1, editing by Club des Amis de Freddy in 2008, #2 in 2010, #3 in 2012.

Partial bibliography

* ''Captivant'' 1st ed. 1979 * ''Bob Fish'' 1st ed. 1981 * ''Adolphus Claar'' 1st ed. 1982 * ''John Bravo'' pre-publication in Astrapi in 1983 * ''

The Adventures of Freddy Lombard ''The Adventures of Freddy Lombard'' is a comic book series created by Yves Chaland. Five albums were released, all during the 1980s, before Chaland's untimely death. They were originally written in French, though have since received publication ...

'' # ''The Will of Godfrey of Bouillon'' (''Le Testament de Godefroid de Bouillon'') 1st ed. 1981 # ''The Elephant Graveyard'' (''Le Cimetière des éléphants'')1st ed. 1984 # ''The Comet of Carthage'' (''La Comète de Carthage'') 1st ed. 1986 # ''Holiday in Budapest'' (''Vacances à Budapest'') 1st ed. 1988 # ''F-52'' 1st ed. 1990 * ''Le Jeune Albert'' 1st ed. 1985

Awards

* 1982 : Best Comic at the

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, Belgium * 1984 : Betty Boop of the best comics of the year for ''The Elephant Graveyard'' in Hyères

References

Yves Chaland publications in ''Metal Hurlant''
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BDoubliées

Bedetheque ;Footnotes

External links

on Lambiek Comiclopedia
Yves Chaland homage site
by "Atoomstijl"
The place for the Club Les Amis de Freddy
by Club des ADF ---- {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaland, Yves 1957 births 1990 deaths French comics artists French comics writers French male writers Artists from Lyon Road incident deaths in France 20th-century French male writers