Greg
Birth name	Michel Regnier
Born	May 5, 1931(1931-05-05) Ixelles, Belgium
Died	October 29, 1999 (aged 68) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nationality	Belgian, French
Area(s)	artist, writer
Pseudonym(s)	Louis Albert
Notable works	Achille Talon Rock Derby Zig et Puce Bruno Brazil Bernard Prince
Awards	full list

Michel Regnier (May 5, 1931–October 29, 1999) was a Belgian and later French comics writer and artist, best-known by his pseudonym, Greg. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elsene ( Dutch) or Ixelles ( French) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Neuilly-sur-Seine (nœji syʀ sɛn in French) is a commune bordering the western limit of the city of Paris, France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Achille Talon is a Franco-Belgian comics series featuring an Eponymous main character created by Greg (the pseudonym of Michel Regnier Zig et Puce is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Alain Saint-Ogan in 1925 that became popular and influential over a long period and after ended Bruno Brazil is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Greg, under the pseudonym Louis Albert and drawn by William Vance. Bernard Prince is a Franco-Belgian comics series featuring an Eponymous character and his sailor-adventurer companions Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias)

Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 Awards 4 Sources 5 External links

Biography

Regnier was born in Ixelles, Belgium. Elsene ( Dutch) or Ixelles ( French) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium His first series, Les Aventures de Nestor et Boniface, appeared in the Belgian magazine Vers l'Avenir when he was sixteen. He moved to the comic magazine Héroic Albums, going on to work for the comics magazine Spirou in 1954. Belgium and France have a long tradition in Comics. They have a common history for comics (see Franco-Belgian comics) and magazines Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics In 1955 he launched his own magazine, Paddy, but eventually discontinued it.

The series for which Greg is best known, Achille Talon, began in 1963 in Pilote, the magazine also the source of comics such as Asterix. Achille Talon is a Franco-Belgian comics series featuring an Eponymous main character created by Greg (the pseudonym of Michel Regnier Pilote was a French cartoon periodical published from 1959 to 1989 The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French ^[1] This series, which he both wrote and illustrated, presents the comic misadventures of the eponymous anti-heroic bourgeois, a prototype of Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin. Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. Peter Griffin is a Fictional character and the Protagonist of the animated television series In all 42 albums appeared, the first years with short gags, later with full-length (i. e. 44 pages) stories. The series was continued by Widenlocher after the death of Greg. An English translation titled Walter Melon was unsuccessful. In 1996, an animated series of 52 episodes of 26 minutes each was produced. This series was also shown in English as Walter Melon. Walter Melon was an 1998 animated TV show very loosely adapted from the French comic and television series Achille Talon. Other series Greg provided artwork for in the early 60s were the boxing series Rock Derby and the revival of Alain Saint-Ogan's classic series Zig et Puce. Alain Saint-Ogan ( August 7, 1895 - June 22, 1974) was a French comics author and artist. Zig et Puce is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Alain Saint-Ogan in 1925 that became popular and influential over a long period and after ended ^[2]

Regnier became editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine in 1966 and remained so until 1974. Le journal de Tintin (in its French-speaking version Kuifje ( Dutch-speaking version was a weekly Belgian comics magazine ^[1] In this period, he moved the magazine away from the classic Ligne claire of Hergé and Edgar Pierre Jacobs, because the main authors published new stories less frequently, and because the magazine suffered from the success of new French magazines like Pilote. Ligne claire ( French for "clear line" is a style of Drawing pioneered by Hergé, the Belgian creator of The Adventures Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian Edgard Félix Pierre Jacobs, ( March 30, 1904 - February 20, 1987) better known under his Pen name Edgar P Pilote was a French cartoon periodical published from 1959 to 1989 Greg introduced a more adult genre, with less perfect heroes and more violence. He created some of his most famous series like Bruno Brazil and Bernard Prince in this period, and introduced artists like Hermann to the magazine. Bruno Brazil is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Greg, under the pseudonym Louis Albert and drawn by William Vance. Bernard Prince is a Franco-Belgian comics series featuring an Eponymous character and his sailor-adventurer companions Hermann Huppen (born July 17, 1938) is a Belgian Comic book artist.

In 1975 he became literary director for the French publisher Dargaud and launched Achille Talon magazine. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Les Éditions Dargaud is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series Having moved to Paris, he became a French citizen, and officially took a new name, Michel Greg. ^[3] In the late 1970s he moved to the U. S. as a representative for Dargaud, working on several television projects and promoting European comics. ^[1] He returned to France in the mid-1980s where he continued scripting comics and also wrote novels for the Hardy et Lesage collection of Fleuve Noir.

As "Greg", Regnier was one of the most prolific creators of Franco-Belgian comics, working in all genres and collaborating with many other European artists and scriptwriters. Franco-Belgian comics are Comics that are created in Belgium and France. Well known for working with artist Hermann, Greg also worked with André Franquin, Eddy Paape, Dany, Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny, and many others. André Franquin ( January 3, 1924 &ndash January 5, 1997) was an influential Belgian Comics artist, whose best known Eddy Paape (born on March 7, 1920 as Edouard Paape) is a Franco-Belgian Cartoonist best known for illustrating the series Dany, Pseudonym for Daniel Henrotin (born January 28, 1943) is a Belgian Comic book artist, best known for Olivier Rameau Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927) is a French Comic book artist and scriptwriter. René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the It is estimated that he contributed as a writer and an artist to some 250 comic albums.

Hergé asked him to remake two of The Adventures of Tintin — The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun — into a script for one long animated movie, Tintin and the Temple of the Sun. The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi The Seven Crystal Balls ( Les Sept boules de cristal) is the thirteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums Prisoners of the Sun is the fourteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Belgian writer and Tintin and the Temple of the Sun ( 1969, Belvision, a co-production between Belgium, France and Switzerland) is a film made He also wrote the script for Tintin and the Lake of Sharks. Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (originally known as Tintin et le Lac aux Requins) is a Tintin Animated film, directed by Greg was asked to write two stories for the Tintin comics as well, including Le Thermozéro, but in the end Hergé, wanting to keep all creative control, did not use them. Le thermozéro is an abandoned comics project from two of Hergé 's series: The Adventures of Tintin as well as Jo Zette and Jocko. ^[1]

Michel Regnier died in 1999 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Neuilly-sur-Seine (nœji syʀ sɛn in French) is a commune bordering the western limit of the city of Paris, France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

Bibliography

Only those series for which albums have appeared are mentioned here. Furthermore, Greg has made many series in the 1950s, especially in La Libre Belgique, of which no albums have appeared. La Libre Belgique ( English: Free Belgium) is a Belgian Newspaper in French. Titles are ordered by the first year in which an album appeared, not the first year the comic appeared in a magazine or newspaper.

Series	Years	Volumes	Artwork	Editor	Remarks
Chick Bill	1957 - 1968	19	Tibet	Le Lombard and Dargaud	Most of his work on this series is uncredited
Modeste et Pompon	1958 - 1973	3	André Franquin	Le Lombard and Dargaud	Other scenario's written by René Goscinny and Franquin
Spirou et Fantasio	1960 - 1974	6	André Franquin	Dupuis	Additional stories by Jidéhem and Jean Roba
Corentin	1963	1	Paul Cuvelier	Le Lombard and Dargaud
Flamme d'argent	1965 - 1968	2	Paul Cuvelier	Le Lombard and Dargaud
Zig et Puce	1965 - 1995	6	Greg	Le Lombard, Dargaud, and Glénat	Reprise of the classic series by Alain Saint-Ogan
Line	1966 - 1979	4	Paul Cuvelier	Le Lombard, Dargaud, and Bédéscope
Achille Talon	1966 - 1996	42	Greg	Dargaud
Bernard Prince	1969 - 1992	17	Hermann, Dany, and Edouard Aidans	Le Lombard, Dargaud, and Blanco
Luc Orient	1969 - 1994	18	Eddy Paape	Le Lombard and Dargaud
Bruno Brazil	1969 - 1995	11	William Vance	Le Lombard and Dargaud
Clifton	1969 - 1971	3	Jo-El Azara and Turk	Le Lombard and Dargaud	Additional storywriting by Bob de Groot
Olivier Rameau	1970 - 1987	11	Dany	Le Lombard and Dargaud
Comanche	1972 - 1998	15	Hermann and Rouge	Le Lombard, Dargaud, and Strip Art
Alice au pays des merveilles	1973	1	Dupa, Dany, Turk and De Groot	Le Lombard and Dargaud	Adaptation of Alice in Wonderland
Tintin	1973	1	Hergé	Casterman	An adaptation of a script for an animated movie, written by Greg
Chlorophylle	1973 - 1974	2	Dupa	Le Lombard and Dargaud
Constant Souci et le mystère de l'homme aux trèfles	1974	1	Greg	Glénat
Tommy Banco	1974	1	Eddy Paape	Le Lombard and Dargaud
Les Panthères	1974 - 1975	3	Edouard Aidans	Le Lombard and Dargaud
Rock Derby	1974 - 1980	7	Greg	Le Lombard, Dargaud and Magic-Strip
Les naufragés d'Arroyoka	1975	1	Claude Auclair	Le Lombard and Dargaud
La tribu terrible	1975	1	Gordon Bess	Le Lombard and Dargaud	Award for the Best Foreign Comic at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
Jo Nuage et Kay McCloud	1976	1	Dany	Dargaud
Cobalt	1976 - 1981	2	Fahrer	Le Lombard and Dargaud
Frère Boudin	1977 - 1978	2	Claude Marin	Dargaud
Les As	1978 - 1986	16	Studio Greg	Dargaud	The only series officially credited to Studio Greg
Go West	1979	1	Derib	Dargaud
Domino	1979	1	Chéret	Le Lombard and Dargaud
Les Bolides d'argent	1981	1	Mitteï	Bédésup
Spaghetti	1982	1	Dino Attanasio	Dargaud
Mouminet et Alphonse	1984	1	Tibet	Magic-Strip
Babiole et Zou	1985	1	Greg	Le Lombard	Created in 1962
Le club des Peur-de-Rien	1985 - 1986	2	Tibet	Le Lombard and Dargaud
Papa Talon	1988	1	Hachel	MC Productions	A spin-off from Achille Talon
Colby	1991 - 1997	3	Michel Blanc-Dumont	Dargaud
Johnny Congo	1992 - 1993	2	Eddy Paape	Claude Lefrancq

Awards

• 1974: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Best Foreign Comical Work, for Le tribu terrible, artist: Gordon Bess
• 1985: Haxtur Award, Spain, Best Long Comic Strip for Spirou et Fantasio: QRN sur Bretzelburg, artist: André Franquin

Sources

Footnotes

External links

• Greg biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
• Greg biography on Dupuis (French)

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