F'Murr

Infobox Comics creator
name = F'Murr


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birthname = Richard Peyzaret
birthdate = birth date and age|1946|3|31
location = Paris, France
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nationality = French
area = artist, writer
alias = F'Murrr
notable works = "Le Génie des alpages" "Jehanne d'Arc" "Tartine de clous " "Le char de l'état dérape sur le sentier de la guerre"
awards = full list

F'Murr or F'Murrr (born March 31, 1946 in Paris) whose real name is Richard Peyzaret, is a French comics creator. He is most famous for the long running series "Le Génie des alpages" ("The Genius of the Mountain Pastures").

Biography

Peyzaret grew up as an admirer of Hergé and André Franquin, but studied Applied Arts for six years in Paris before meeting the BD industry, by arriving at the workshop of Raymond Poïvet.cite web | last =BDparadisio.com| title =F'murrr | url =http://www.bdparadisio.com/scripts/detail.cfm?Id=993 fr_icon] This led to an introduction to René Goscinny and starting work for "Pilote" in 1971, making his debut with the gags series "Contes à Rebours". The unusued boards of this strip later formed the basis of his first album, "Au loup!".

While at "Pilote", he began his most famous work, "Le Génie des alpages" in 1973. This series features an old and a young shepherd, their talking shepherd's dog, a flock of mad sheep and other abnormal characters behaving unpredictably in alpine surroundings. When "Pilote" ceased publication, the series were issued directly into albums.

He also held a long associations with several of the other francophone serial magazines of this period. "Naphtalène" was also published in "Pilote", "Porfirio et Gabriel" in "Le Canard Sauvage" and "Circus", "Jehanne d'Arc" in "Métal Hurlant", "Robin des Boîtes" in "Fluide Glacial", and "Les Mirrois de Marguerite" and "Ala et Lolli" were created for the "Spirou" supplement "Le Trombone Illustré".cite web | last =Lambiek Comiclopedia | title =F'murr | url =http://lambiek.net/artists/f/fmurr.htm]

In 1985 he began the strip "Histoires Déplacées" in "(A SUIVRE)" satirizing the ongoing Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. These were collected in the 1987 album named "Le char de l'état dérape sur le sentier de la guerre" ("The State's Tank Slips on the Path of War").

A few instances of F'Murr translated into the English language were printed in "Heavy metal" and "National Lampoon" magazine in the late 70s.cite web | last = Michigan State University Libraries | title = index F | url =http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/frri/flying_c.htm ]

Bibliography

*"Au loup!" (1974, Minoustchine/Dargaud, ISBN 2205042637)
*"Le Génie des alpages", (1976, Dargaud, ISBN 2205008811)
*"Le Génie des alpages #2, Comme des bêtes", (1976, Dargaud, ISBN 2205008927)
*"Le Génie des alpages #3, Barre-toi de mon herbe", (1977, Dargaud, ISBN 2205011553)
*"Le Génie des alpages #4, Un grand silence frisé", (1978, Dargaud, ISBN 220501238X)
*"Vingt dieux c'est le synode" (1979, Artefact, ISBN 2866970047)
*"Le Génie des alpages #5, Les Intondables", (1980, Dargaud, ISBN 2205015966)
*"Jehanne d'Arc #1, Jehanne au pied du mur", (1980, Casterman, ISBN 2203334045)
*"Le Génie des alpages #6, Hi-Yo c'est l'écho", (1981, Dargaud, ISBN 2205019228)
*"Porfirio et Gabriel" (1980, Futuropolis, ISBN 2737653746)
*"Tartine de clous" (1981, Dargaud, ISBN 2205023438)
*"Le Génie des alpages #7, Tonnerre... et mille sabots!", (1983, Dargaud, ISBN 2205024906)
*"Jehanne d'Arc #2, Tim Galère", (1985, Casterman, ISBN 220333424X)
*"Robin des boites" (1985, Futuropolis, ISBN 2737654505)
*"Le Génie des alpages #8, Dans les nuages", (1987, Dargaud, ISBN 2205027646)
*"Le char de l'état dérape sur le sentier de la guerre" (1987, Casterman, ISBN 2203334347)
*"Spirella mangeuse d'écureuils" (1988, Khani éditions, ISBN 2907159011)
*"Le Génie des alpages #9, Après nous... le déluge?", (1989, Dargaud, ISBN 2205036181)
*"Le pauvre chevalier" (1990, Casterman, ISBN 2203348046)
*"Le Génie des alpages #10, Monter, descendre, ça glisse pareil", (1992, Dargaud, ISBN 2205039199)
*"Les aveugles" (1992, Casterman, ISBN 2203348070)
*"Le Génie des alpages #11, Sabotage et paturage", (1995, Dargaud, ISBN 220504253X)
*"Le Génie des alpages #12, Bouge tranquille!", (1998, Dargaud, ISBN 2205045911)
*"Eloge de la pentitude" (2002, Glénat, ISBN 2723437256)
*"Le Génie des alpages #13, Cheptel Maudit", (2004, Dargaud, ISBN 2205048872)
*"Le Génie des alpages #14, ... Courent dans la montagne", (2007, Dargaud, ISBN)

Awards

*1978: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Best Comic Book for "Barre-toi de mon herbe" Cite web|last=ToutEnBD|title=Le palmarès 1978|url=http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=846]
*1991: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Humour Award for "Le pauvre chevalier" Cite web|last=ToutEnBD|title=Le palmarès 1991|url=http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=835]

References

* [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/auteurs2/fmurrr.htm F'murr publications in "Pilote"] , [http://bdoubliees.com/fluideglacial/auteurs2/fmurrr.htm "Fluide Glacial"] and [http://bdoubliees.com/asuivre/auteurs2/f_murrr.htm "(A SUIVRE)"] BDoubliées fr_icon
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-1288-BD-F-Murrr.html F'Murr albums] Bedetheque fr_icon

Footnotes

External links

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/f/fmurr.htm F'Murr biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia
* [http://dargaud.fr/front/auteurs/auteur.aspx?id=1015 F'Murr biography] on Dargaud fr_icon
* [http://perso.orange.fr/jjblain/cbfiches/a40fmurr/artfmurr.htm L'art de F'Murr] Interview fr_icon