Yves Chaland
| Yves Chaland | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | French |
| Area(s) | artist, writer |
Notable works | Bob Fish Adolphus Claar Freddy Lombard |
| Awards | full list |
Yves Chaland (April 3, 1957 in Lyon, France – July 18, 1990, France (car accident))[1] was a French cartoonist.
During the 1980s, together with Ted Benoît, Serge Clerc and Floc'h, he relaunched the Ligne claire style (more accurately, his sub-genre the "futuristic" Atomic style) in French 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, France, he created his own fanzine, L'Unité de Valeur, in 1976, with Luc Cornillon.[2]
In 1978, he met writer/editor Jean-Pierre Dionnet, and they collaborated on features published in the comics magazines Métal Hurlant and Ah Nana. These parodies of 50's 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 Brussels. Yves Chaland, was approached to draw an adventure of Spirou et Fantasio, appearinging in half-page installments of the weekly Spirou magazine. Done in a retro 50's style similar to his influences Jijé and André Franquin, 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
Like 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).
Fanzine published in English
A Fanzine 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
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 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 Prix Saint-Michel, Belgium
- 1984 : Betty Boop of the best comics of the year for The Elephant Graveyard in Hyères
References
- Yves Chaland publications in Metal Hurlant and Spirou BDoubliées Template:Fr icon
- Yves Chaland albums Bedetheque Template:Fr icon
Footnotes
- ^ De Weyer, Geert (2008). 100 stripklassiekers die niet in je boekenkast mogen ontbreken (in Dutch). Amsterdam / Antwerp: Atlas. p. 213. ISBN 9789045009964.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); More than one of|pages=and|page=specified (help) - ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Yves Chaland".
External links
- Yves Chaland biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
- Yves Chaland homage site by "Atoomstijl"
- Yves Chaland Fan Club : Club Les Amis de Freddy on a French Forum
- The place for the Club Les Amis de Freddy by Club des ADF