Pilote was a French cartoon periodical published from 1959 to 1989. Belgium and France have a long tradition in Comics. They have a common history for comics (see Franco-Belgian comics) and magazines Showcasing most of the major French or Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as Astérix le Gaulois, Blueberry, Achille Talon, and Valérian et Laureline. The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French Blueberry is a Franco-Belgian comics western series created by the Belgian Scriptwriter Jean-Michel Charlier and French Achille Talon is a Franco-Belgian comics series featuring an Eponymous main character created by Greg (the pseudonym of Michel Regnier Valérian and Laureline ( Valérian et Laureline) also known as Valérian Spatio-Temporal Agent (French Valérian Agent Spatio-Temporel Major cartoon writers like René Goscinny, Jean-Michel Charlier, Greg, Pierre Christin and Jacques Lob were featured in the magazine, as were artists such as Jijé, Morris, Albert Uderzo, Jean (Mœbius) Giraud, Enki Bilal, Jean-Claude Mézières, Jacques Tardi, Philippe Druillet, Marcel Gotlib, Alexis, and Annie Goetzinger. René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the Jean-Michel Charlier ( October 30, 1924 - July 10, 1989) was a Belgian Scriptwriter best known as a writer of realistic Michel Regnier ( May 5, 1931 &ndash October 29, 1999) was a Belgian and later French Comics writer and artist Pierre Christin (born July 27, 1938) is a French Comics creator and writer Jacques Lob ( August 19, 1932 - June 30, 1990) was a French Comic book creator, known for several Franco-Belgian comics Jijé ( January 13, 1914 - June 20, 1980) was a Belgian comics artist, best known for Spirou et Fantasio Maurice de Bevere ( December 1, 1923 - July 16, 2001) better known as Morris, was a Belgian Cartoonist and the Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927) is a French Comic book artist and scriptwriter. Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilalović on October 7, 1951) is a French Comic book creator, Comics artist and Film director Jean-Claude Mézières (born 23 September 1938 is a French Comic strip artist and illustrator Jacques Tardi is a French Comic strip artist born August 30, 1946 in Valence. Philippe Druillet (born June 28, 1944) is a French Comics artist and creator, and an innovator in visual design Alexis ( September 18, 1946 - September 7, 1977) was the Pseudonym of Dominique Vallet a French Comics
Pilote also published several international talents such as Hugo Pratt, Frank Bellamy and Robert Crumb. Hugo Eugenio Pratt ( June 15, 1927 – August 20, 1995) was an Italian Comic book creator who combined his strong storytelling Frank Bellamy ( 21 May 1917 &ndash 5 July 1976) was a British Comics artist best known for his work on the Eagle Robert Dennis Crumb (born August 30, 1943) often credited simply as R
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History
Following the publication of a teaser issue number 0 on June 1, Pilote made its debut proper on October 29, 1959. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1] The magazine was started by experienced comics writers Goscinny and Charlier, and artists Albert Uderzo and Jean Hébrard. Previously this team had worked together on several other projects, creating Le Supplément Illustré, a cartoon supplement for newspapers, and providing cartoons for Radio-Télé, a magazine published by Radio-Luxembourg. Pilote was marketed by Radio-Luxembourg, and featured editorials written by popular radio personalities of the day. The 300,000 copy first issue sold out in one day.
Charlier and Goscinny handled most of the initial writing. Although Charlier came up with two popular series, Tanguy et Laverdure with Albert Uderzo and Barbe-Rouge (Redbeard) with Victor Hubinon, it was Goscinny and Uderzo’s Astérix le Gaulois which was the biggest hit and the magazine’s initial mainstay. Les Aventures de Tanguy et Laverdure is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo, about the two pilots Redbeard ( French: Barbe-Rouge) is a series of Belgian Comic books, originally published in French, created by writer Victor Hubinon ( April 26, 1924 - January 8, 1979) was a Belgian Comic-book artist best known for the series
Difficulties
Financial problems arose in 1960, but were resolved when the magazine was bought out by Dargaud publishers. Les Éditions Dargaud is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series Dargaud expanded the magazine with several new series, including Charlier and Giraud’s Blueberry and Greg's Achille Tallon in 1963. In 1967 the popular science-fiction series Valérian et Laureline debuted and in 1968 the popular Western comedy Lucky Luke (by Morris) was transferred to Pilote from Spirou. Valérian and Laureline ( Valérian et Laureline) also known as Valérian Spatio-Temporal Agent (French Valérian Agent Spatio-Temporel This article is about the comic book and TV series For the mobster see Lucky Luciano. Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics Other notable appearances included series from the British comics magazine Eagle such as Fraser l'Africain (Fraser of Africa) and Winston Churchill by Frank Bellamy.
Attempts were made in the 1970s to update the magazine with material of more interest to adults, but many artists like Druillet and Giraud felt Pilote was no longer the appropriate vehicle for their aspirations and left to found new magazines such as Métal Hurlant (French origin of Heavy Metal). Métal Hurlant is a French magazine of Science fiction and horror Comics, created in December 1974 by Comics artists Heavy Metal is an American Science fiction and fantasy Comics Magazine, known primarily for its blend of dark fantasy/science Partly as a result, Dargaud reduced Pilote’s publication schedule from weekly to monthly in 1974, and René Goscinny was replaced as editor-in-chief. At this time, a new generation of artists also started publishing in Pilote, namely Caza, Lauzier, and F'Murr. Caza, the Pseudonym of Philippe Cazaumayou (born November 14, 1941 in Paris) is a French Comics artist. F'Murr or F'Murrr (born March 31, 1946 in Paris) whose real name is Richard Peyzaret, is a French comics creator Their comics reflected the new, more adult direction.
Sales initially improved but a steady erosion took place through the 1980s as interest in the medium declined. Pilote was merged with the comics magazine Charlie Mensuel in 1986 and continued as Pilote et Charlie until 1988, when the name was changed back to Pilote. Charlie Mensuel (or simply Charlie, "mensuel" being a French term for a monthly periodical was a French monthly magazine of comic strips in the However, declining sales prompted Dargaud to suspend publication after what became the final issue on October 1, 1989. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) [2]
References
- Pilote publications by the year BDoubliées (French)
Footnotes
- ^ BDoubliées. Le journal Pilote en 1959. (French)
- ^ BDoubliées. Le journal Pilote en 1989. (French)
External links
- La mémoire de Pilote issue descriptions on BDoubliées (French)
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