Christophe Arleston

Christophe Arleston
Christophe Arleston in March 2010
Born	Christophe Pelinq August 14, 1964 (1964-08-14) (age 47) Aix-en-Provence, France
Pen name	Christophe Pelinq Scotch Arleston
Nationality	French

Christophe Arleston (born 14 August 1963) was born in Aix-en-Provence, France. He is a French comics writer and editor. His real name is Christophe Pelinq. He has also worked as "Scotch Arleston".^[1]

Biography

In his early childhood, Christophe Arleston lived in Madagascar, Macon and Paris before returning to Aix-en-Provence. He studied journalism at Marseille. He started his career by working as a journalist and later in communications. He started writing radio drama for France Inter.

In 1992 he started writing comic book scenes for Soleil Productions. In 1994 he published Lanfeust of Troy. In 1998 he created Lanfeust Mag, a monthly comic strip.

In 2010, he was the bestselling comics author in France, with 1.5 million albums sold that year. Between 1980 and 2010, he was estimated to have sold 12 million albums.^[2]

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

• Lanfeust of Troy (with Didier Tarquin, Soleil Productions, 1994)
• Trolls of Troy (with Didier Tarquin, Soleil Productions, 1997-)
• Ythaq (Soleil Productions):
  • The Forsaken World
  • No Escape

Awards

• 2002: won Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for Best Comic for 9-12 Years Old, for Trolls of Troy
• 2003: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Audience Award, for Trolls of Troy

Notes

1. ^ Interview Scotch Arleston, BD Sélection, January 5, 2005 (French)
2. ^ "Arleston, Van Hamme et Uderzo, les "millionnaires" de la BD". TF1. 28 January 2011. http://lci.tf1.fr/filnews/culture/arleston-van-hamme-et-uderzo-les-millionnaires-de-la-bd-6242408.html. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 

References

• Christophe Arleston at Bedetheque (French)
• Christophe Arleston at BdParadisio (French)
• Christophe Arleston at the Grand Comics Database
• Christophe Arleston at the Comic Book DB
• Christophe Arleston at Marvel.com

External links

• Lanfeust.com, official site for the Lnanfeust series

Interviews

• Interview Croisee de Christophe Arleston et DIidier Tarquin, Evene.fr, December 2006 (French)
• Interview de Christophe Arleston, ActuSF (French)

Persondata
Name	Arleston, Christophe
Alternative names	Pelinq, Christophe (actual name); Arleston, Scotch (pseudonym)
Short description	French comics writer
Date of birth	14 August 1963
Place of birth	Aix-en-Provence
Date of death
Place of death