| Jean-Michel Charlier | |
| Born | October 30, 1924 Liège, Belgium |
| Died | July 10, 1989 (aged 64) Saint-Cloud, France |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Area(s) | writer |
| Notable works | Buck Danny Barbe-Rouge Blueberry |
| Awards | full list |
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Biography
Charlier was born in Liège, Belgium in 1924. Liège (ljɛːʒ Older English: Luick, Walloon: Lidje, German: Lüttich; Latin: Leodium, Dutch [1] In 1945 he got a job as a draughtsman in Brussels with World Press, the syndicate of Georges Troisfontaines, which worked mainly for the comic strip magazine Spirou. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics The following year he and artist Victor Hubinon created the four-page comic strip L'Agonie du Bismarck. Victor Hubinon ( April 26, 1924 - January 8, 1979) was a Belgian Comic-book artist best known for the series Charlier wrote the script and also drew the ships and airplanes. In 1947 Charlier and Hubinon began the long-running air-adventure comic strip Buck Danny. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buck Danny is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Victor Hubinon, which chronicles the adventures of a trio of After a few years, Charlier stopped all work on the drawings and concentrated only on the scenarios, on the advice of Jijé, then the senior artist at Spirou. Jijé ( January 13, 1914 - June 20, 1980) was a Belgian comics artist, best known for Spirou et Fantasio [1]
Unable to support himself writing comic scripts at a time when Dupuis concentrated almost solely on the magazine and albums were few and far between, Charlier qualified for a pilots license in 1949 and briefly flew for the airline SABENA. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. SABENA was the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001 with its base at Brussels National Airport.
However the following year Charlier returned to comic strips, collaborating with Hubinon once again to create Tiger Joe for La Libre Junior, the weekly comics supplement to the journal La Libre Belgique. La Libre Belgique ( English: Free Belgium) is a Belgian Newspaper in French. Charlier also continued to supply scripts for Spirou magazine, collaborating with Eddy Paape on the strip Valhardi and, in 1955, with future Asterix artist Albert Uderzo on the comic strip Belloy. Eddy Paape (born on March 7, 1920 as Edouard Paape) is a Franco-Belgian Cartoonist best known for illustrating the series The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927) is a French Comic book artist and scriptwriter. Together with Hubinon, he also created some biographical comics like Jean Mermoz and Surcouf. Jean Mermoz ( December 9, 1901 – December 7, 1936) was a French Aviator, viewed as a hero by many in both Argentina Surcouf redirects here for ships of this name see French ship Surcouf. Other long running series he started for Spirou in the early 1950s were Le Patrouille des Castors for Mitacq, and in 1951 Les Vraies Histoires de l'Oncle Paul (Uncle Paul's true stories), a weekly comic of four pages telling a true story. The latter series was continued from 1954 on by Octave Joly, and was a place where many young talents published their first comics, including Jean Graton, René Follet and Hermann Huppen. Jean Graton (born August 10, 1923) is a Comic book author and Cartoonist of French nationality René Follet (born April 10, 1931) sometimes known by the Pen name Ref, is a Belgian illustrator Comics Writer Hermann Huppen (born July 17, 1938) is a Belgian Comic book artist. [1]
Charlier, Hubinon, Uderzo, and comic-strip writer René Goscinny founded the comics agency Edifrance and the magazine Pistolin in 1955, and the influential magazine Pilote in 1959. René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the [1] Charlier was editor-in-chief and also wrote two stories for the first issue: Redbeard with Hubinon and Tanguy and Laverdure with Uderzo - these latter two characters would later get their own TV series as well: Les Chevaliers du Ciel, featuring Tanguy and Laverdure, was made by ORTF between 1967 and 1969, an English-dubbed version of the show being released under the title The Aeronauts. Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media Redbeard ( French: Barbe-Rouge) is a series of Belgian Comic books, originally published in French, created by writer The Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française ( ORTF) was the national agency charged between 1964 and 1974 with providing public radio and television in France In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a Motion picture. [1]
Charlier visited the United States in 1963 and a tour of the American West inspired him to create Fort Navajo, a western series, for Pilote. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Blueberry is a Franco-Belgian comics western series created by the Belgian Scriptwriter Jean-Michel Charlier and French He chose as artist Jean Giraud (Moebius), then a commercial illustrator who had briefly worked with Jijé on Jerry Spring, a popular European western strip. Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. Jijé ( January 13, 1914 - June 20, 1980) was a Belgian comics artist, best known for Spirou et Fantasio Jerry Spring is a Franco-Belgian Western Comics series created by the Belgian comics creator Jijé. Fort Navajo, later renamed Blueberry or Lieutenant Blueberry after its main character, became a popular and innovative graphic novel. Blueberry is a Franco-Belgian comics western series created by the Belgian Scriptwriter Jean-Michel Charlier and French A In 1972 friction among the staff at Pilote caused Charlier to give up his editorial position and he worked in French television until 1976. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He then worked as editor-in-chief for two years at Tintin magazine. Le journal de Tintin (in its French-speaking version Kuifje ( Dutch-speaking version was a weekly Belgian comics magazine He continued to write Blueberry and Buck Danny stories.
Jean-Michel Charlier died in Saint-Cloud, France, in 1989. Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. His main series are all continued by other writers, often chosen by Charlier himself. [1]
Bibliography
| Series | Years | Volumes | Artist | Publisher | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Danny | 1948 - 1988 | 44 | Victor Hubinon (1-40) and Francis Bergèse (41-44) | Dupuis, Novedi and Hachette | Continued by Bergèse alone |
| Fanfan et Polo Aviateurs | 1951 | 1 | Dino Attanasio | La Libre Belgique | |
| Tarawa, atoll sanglant | 1951 | 1 | Victor Hubinon and Albert Weinberg | Dupuis | |
| Surcouf | 1951 - 1953 | 3 | Victor Hubinon | Dupuis | |
| Tiger Joe | 1951 - 1977 | 3 | Hubinon | La Libre Belgique and Deligne | |
| Oncle Paul | 1953 - 1955 | 12 | Various artists, including Eddy Paape and Jean Graton | Dupuis | Additional stories by Octave Joly |
| Valhardi | 1953-1975 | 6 | Eddy Paape and Jijé | Dupuis and Deligne | Created by Jean Doisy |
| Kim Devil | 1955 - 1957 | 4 | Gerald Forton | Dupuis | |
| La Patrouille des Castors | 1955 - 1984 | 23 | Mitacq | Dupuis | Continued by Mitacq alone |
| Jean Mermoz | 1956 | 1 | Victor Hubinon | Dupuis | |
| Marc Dacier | 1960 - 1982 | 13 | Eddy Paape | Dupuis | |
| Tanguy et Laverdure | 1961 - 1988 | 25 | Albert Uderzo, Jijé, Serres and Coutelis | Dargaud, Le Lombard, Fleurus, Novedi and Hachette | |
| Barbe-Rouge (Redbeard) | 1961 - 1991 | 26 | Victor Hubinon, Jijé, Lorg, Gaty and Patrice Pellerin | Dargaud, Fleurus, Novedi and Hachette | |
| Blueberry | 1965 - 1990 | 23 | Jean Giraud | Dargaud, Fleurus, Novedi, Hachette, and Alpen | |
| La jeunesse de Blueberry | 1975 - 1990 | 6 | Jean Giraud and Colin Wilson | Dargaud, Novedi, and Dupuis | |
| Guy Lebleu | 1976 | 2 | Poivet | Glénat | Originally created in 1961 |
| Belloy | 1977 | 4 | Albert Uderzo | Deligne | Originally created in 1948 |
| André Lefort | 1978 | 1 | Eddy Paape | Bédéscope | Originally created in 1956 |
| Jim Cutlass | 1979 | 1 | Jean Giraud | Les Humanoïdes Associés | |
| Les Gringos | 1979 - 1980 | 2 | Victor de la Fuente | Fleurus | |
| Jacques Le Gall | 1980 - 1985 | 4 | Mitacq | Dupuis | Originally created in 1959 |
| Brice Bolt | 1984 - 1985 | 2 | Puig | Dupuis | Originally created in 1971 |
| Ron Clarke | 1991 | 1 | J. Buck Danny is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Victor Hubinon, which chronicles the adventures of a trio of Victor Hubinon ( April 26, 1924 - January 8, 1979) was a Belgian Comic-book artist best known for the series Dupuis is a Belgian publisher of Comic books and magazines Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in the early 1930s La Libre Belgique ( English: Free Belgium) is a Belgian Newspaper in French. Surcouf redirects here for ships of this name see French ship Surcouf. Pierre René Viscount Deligne (born 3 October 1944 in Brussels) is a Belgian Mathematician. Eddy Paape (born on March 7, 1920 as Edouard Paape) is a Franco-Belgian Cartoonist best known for illustrating the series Jean Graton (born August 10, 1923) is a Comic book author and Cartoonist of French nationality Jijé ( January 13, 1914 - June 20, 1980) was a Belgian comics artist, best known for Spirou et Fantasio Jean Mermoz ( December 9, 1901 – December 7, 1936) was a French Aviator, viewed as a hero by many in both Argentina Les Aventures de Tanguy et Laverdure is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo, about the two pilots Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927) is a French Comic book artist and scriptwriter. Les Éditions Dargaud is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series Le Lombard or Lombard Editions is a Belgian Comic book publisher established in 1946 when the Tintin magazine Fleurus is a Walloon Municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. Redbeard ( French: Barbe-Rouge) is a series of Belgian Comic books, originally published in French, created by writer Blueberry is a Franco-Belgian comics western series created by the Belgian Scriptwriter Jean-Michel Charlier and French Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. Colin Henry Wilson (born June 26, 1931 in Leicester) is a prolific British writer Glénat is a French publisher The company publishes many things including Comic books ( René Follet 's Ikar) and Manga in The publishing house Les Humanoïdes Associés was founded in Europe in 1974 by Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet, Bernard Farkas and Moebius Puig ( Valencian: El Puig; Spanish: Puig) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Nord in the Armand | Alpen | |
| Clairette | 1997 | 1 | Albert Uderzo | Antarès | Originally created in 1957 |
Awards
- 1973: Best Foreign Comic Series at the Shazam Awards, USA
References
- Jean-Michel Charlier publications in Spirou and Pilote BDoubliées (French)
- Swof, Spécial Westerns Charlier
- Guy Vidal, Jean-Michel Charlier : Un réacteur sous la plume (Dargaud, 1995, ISBN 2205044117)
- Erik Svane, Martin Surmann, Alain Ledoux, Martin Jurgeit, Gerhard Förster, Horst Berner: Blueberry und der europäische Western-Comic [1] (Zack-Dossier 1; Berlin: Mosaik, 2003, ISBN 3-932667-59-X)
- Les Cahiers de la BD nº 37 (1978)
- Michel Béra, Michel Denni, and Philippe Mellot, "Trésors de la Bande Dessinée 1999-2000" (Paris 1998, Les éditions de l'amateur, ISBN 2-85917-258-0)
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f De Weyer, Geert (2005). The Academy of Comic Book Arts is an American professional organization of the 1970s that was designed to be the Comic book industry analog of such groups as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Les Éditions Dargaud is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Mosaik is a German Comic book. First published in December 1955, it is the longest running German (and European monthly comic book Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city "Jean-Michel Charlier". In België gestript, pp. 177-179. Tielt: Lannoo.
External links
- Jean-Michel Charlier official site (French)
- Jean-Michel Charlier biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
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