Jean-Pierre Gibrat (born 14 April 1954) is a French

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artist and scriptwriter.Biography at www.bedetheque.com
/ref> His first complete stories were published in the French magazine ''

Pilote ''Pilote'' (), for a while subtitled ''the magazine of Asterix and Obelix'' (French: ''Le Journal D’Astérix et D’Obélix'' ) was a French comics magazine published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major Franco-Belgian comics, French ...

''. With

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, he took on ''le petit Goudard'' in 1978, a series which he continued in the same year in ''

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'', then in ''

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'' in 1980. During this time, some of his artwork was also published in the press : ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Sciences et Avenir'' and he also produced work for ''

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'' and '' Je bouquine''. In late 1982, he pencilled ''La Parisienne'' in ''Pilote'', again on a script by Berroyer. In 1985, on Saval's texts, Gibrat drew, in ''

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'', ''l'Empire sous la mer'', an adventure starring the canine character Zaza, created by

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and

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. In October 1997, the graphic novel ''Le sursis'' was released, followed by volume 2 in September 1999, ''Le vol du Corbeau'' in 2002 and its second volume in 2005; all of which were published by

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Works

* With

: ** Le Petit Goudard in 1978 ** Visions futées in 1980 ** C'est bien du Goudard in 1981 ** la Parisienne in 1983 ** Goudard et la parisienne in 1985 * With

** ''Les Aventures de Zaza'' in 1985 ** ''Goudard a de la chance'' in 1985 * ''Mission en Afrique'' in 1988, with

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* ''Mission en Thaïlande'' in 1991 * ''Mission au Guatémala'' in 1994 with Dominique Leguillier * ''Narcisse Mullot'' in 1994 with

Jean-Claude Forest Jean-Claude Forest (11 September 1930 – 30 December 1998) was a French writer and illustrator of comics and the creator of character Barbarella. Biography Jean-Claude Forest was born in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, a Paris suburb and graduated ...

* ''Pinocchia'' in 1995 with Francis Leroi * ''Marée basse'' in 1996 with

Daniel Pecqueur Daniel commonly refers to: * Daniel (given name), a masculine given name and a surname * List of people named Daniel * List of people with surname Daniel * Daniel (biblical figure) * Book of Daniel, a biblical apocalypse, "an account of the activi ...

* Le Sursis # Volume 1, 1997 # Volume 2, 1999 * ''Le Vol du corbeau'': # Volume 1, 2002 # Volume 2, 2005 * ''Les Gens Honnêtes'' volume 1, 2008 * ''Mattéo'': # Première époque (1914–1915), Futuropolis, 2008 - Official selection of the

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, 2009 # Deuxième époque (1917–1918), Futuropolis, 2010 # Troisième époque (Août 1936), Futuropolis, 2014

External links

*
Interview with Jean-Pierre Gibrat at the release of ''Vol du corbeau''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibrat, Jean-Pierre Living people French comics artists French comics writers 1954 births Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres