Caza

Infobox Comics creator
name = Caza


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birthname = Philippe Cazaumayou
birthdate = birth date and age|1941|11|14
location = Paris, France
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nationality = French
area = artist, colourist, writer
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notable works = "Scènes de la vie de banlieue" "Monde d'Arkadi" "Arkhê" "Laïlah"
awards = Adamson Award, 1983

Caza, the pseudonym of Philippe Cazaumayou (born November 14, 1941 in Paris), is a French comics artist.

Biography

At 18, Cazaumayou started a career in advertising which lasted for ten years, but in 1970 he entered the field of bandes dessinées, releasing his first album, "Kris Kool". Caza began to publish work in the magazine "Pilote", starting with his series "Quand les costumes avaient des dents" ("When Costumes had Teeth") in 1971, followed by other short work. The series of stories "Scènes de la vie de banlieue" ("Scenes of Suburban Life") was published in 1975, followed by the "L'Âge d'Ombre" stories, "Les Habitants du crépuscule" and "Les Remparts de la nuit".cite web | last =Lambiek | title =Caza | url = http://lambiek.net/artists/c/caza.htm ]

With the emergence of the magazine "Métal Hurlant" in 1975, Caza began to supply work within the science-fiction genre, with titles such as "Sanguine", "L’oiseau poussière", initially working with an exhaustive black and white dot technique. This was later abandoned for a style of colour use which would become a trademark, as seen in later work such as "Arkhê", "Chimères" and "Laïlah".cite web | last =noosfere.org | title =Caza, la biographie | url =http://www.noosfere.org/heberg/caza/bio.html fr_icon]

From 1985 to 1987, he worked closely with Rene Laloux on the animated film Gandahar, based on the novel by Jean-Pierre Andrevon.

Partial bibliography

* "Kris Kool" (1970, Eric Losfeld, ISBN 2-852-08045-1)
* "Scènes de la vie de banlieue" (3 albums, 1977-1979, Dargaud)
* "Arkhé" (1982, Les Humanoïdes Associés, ISBN 2-7316-0180-9)
* "L'âge d'ombre"
** "Les habitants du crépuscule" (1982, Dargaud, ISBN 2-205-02389-6)
** "Les remparts de la nuit" (1984, Dargaud, ISBN 2-205-02697-6)
* "Laïlah" (1988, Les Humanoïdes Associés, ISBN 2-7316-0535-9)
* "Le monde d'Arkadi" (7 albums, 1989-2004, Les Humanoïdes Associés)
* "Chroniques de la terre fixe-Nocturnes" (1999, Decourt, ISBN 2-84055-277-9)
* "Kronozone" (2004, Delcourt, ISBN 2-84789-617-1)
* "Dialogue avec l'extraterrestre" (2005, Le Pythagore, ISBN 2-908456-51-6)

ources

* [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/auteurs1/caza.htm Caza publications in "Pilote"] and [http://bdoubliees.com/metalhurlant/auteurs1/caza.htm "Métal Hurlant"] BDoubliées fr_icon
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-22-BD-Caza.html Caza albums] Bedetheque fr_icon;Footnotes

External links

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/c/caza.htm Caza biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia
* [http://www.kronozone.net La case à Caza] fr_icon
* [http://www.hollywoodcomics.com/caza.html Caza site] on Hollywoodcomics
* [http://bd-livres.krinein.com/Caza-Interview-2459.html Caza interview] on Krinein fr_icon