- Paul Gillon
Paul Gillon (born
11 May 1926 ) is a French comics artist. He won the 1982Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême .Born in
Paris , he considered fashion, theater and cinema, and only by accident made a career as a comics author. In the magazine "Vaillant", he continued the older series "Lynx Blanc", and created "Fils de Chine" and "Cormoran". From 1959 until 1972, he drew "13, rue de l'espoir " for "France Soir ", and also did series for the "Journal de Mickey ".Together with
Jean-Claude Forest , he created thescience fiction series "Les Naufragés du temps " ("Lost in Time"), and in "L'Echo des savanes " ("Echo of the Savannahs") he produced the soft erotica "La Survivante " ("The Survivor") and "Jéhanne".Works
*"Lynx Blanc" ("White Lynx"), in the collection "Grandes Aventures Vaillant", 1961 (first published between 1948 and 1957)
** #11: "Tonnerre sur les Îles" ("Thunder on the Islands")
** #15: "Aventures dans la Brousse" ("Adventures in the Bushland")*"
Jérémie " (published in "Pif gadget " between 1968 and 1972)
#"Les Dieux barbares" ("The Savage Gods"), Lombard, 1973 ;Les Humanoïdes Associés , 1981
#"La Mijaurée, la mégère et le nabot" ("The Prim Miss, the Shrew and the Runt"), Lombard, 1974; Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1982
#"Intrigues à la Jamaïque" ("Intrigue in Jamaica"), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1979
#"Le fort de San-Juan" ("The Fort of San Juan"), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1980*
Les Naufragés du temps ("Lost in Time", first four volumes withJean-Claude Forest ) Les Humanoïdes Associés
#"L'étoile endormie" ("The Sleeping Star") - 1974 - ISBN 2-7316-0124-8
#"La mort sinueuse" ("Sinuous Death") - 1975 - ISBN 2-7316-0123-X
#"Labyrinthes" ("Labyrinths") - 1976 - ISBN 2-7316-0034-9
#"L'univers cannibale" ("The Cannibal Universe") - 1976 - ISBN 2-7316-0037-3
#"Tendre chimère" ("Sweet Dream") - 1977 - ISBN 2-7316-0220-1
#"Les maîtres-rêveurs" ("The Dream Masters") - 1978 - ISBN 2-73160-036-5
#"Le sceau de Beselek" ("The Saw of Beselek") - 1979 - ISBN 2-7316-0036-5
#"Ortho-Mentas" - 1981 - ISBN 2-7316-0106-X
#"Terra" - 1984 - ISBN 2-7316-0297-X
#"Le cryptomère" ("The Cryptomeria") - 1989 - ISBN 2-7316-0444-1* "Histoire du Socialisme en France" ("History of Socialism in France"), Service de l'Homme, 1977 (introduction by
François Mitterrand ISBN 2-902-648-02-2)* With
Roger Lecureux : "Fils de Chine" ("Son of China"), Glénat, 1978 (first published between 1950 and 1953)* "Wango", Furioso (Futuropolis Diffusion), 1980 (first published between 1958 and 1960)
*"Treize rue de l'espoir" ("Number 13, Hope Street"), Les Humanoïdes Associés (with
François Gall between 1959 and 1972)
**Volume 1: 1980
**Volume 2: 1982*"Téva", Les Humanïdes Associés, 1982 (based on a TV series from 1973)
*"Les Léviathans"
#"Les Léviathans" ("The Leviathans"), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1982; retitled "Le Plan Aspic", Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1990
#"La Dent de l'alligator" ("Alligator's Tooth"), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1990 ;Albin Michel , 2000
#"Réaction en chaîne" ("Chain Reaction"), Albin Michel, 2000* "Les Mécanoïdes Associés" ("The Society of Mechanoids"), Humanoïdes Associés, coll. "Pied Jaloux", 1982
* "Capitaine Cormoran" (Paul Gillon - complete works part 1), Humanoïdes Associés, 1983 (first published between 1954 and 1959)
* "
Moby-Dick ",Hachette , 1983 (withJean Ollivier )* "Processus de Survie" ("Process of Survival"), Humanoïdes Associés, coll. "Pied Jaloux", 1984
* "
Notre-Dame de Paris ", Hachette, 1985 (withClaude Gendrot )* "La survivante" ("The Survivor")
# "La survivante" - October 1985
# "L’héritier" ("The Heir") - October 1987
# "La revanche" ("Revenge") - April 1990
# "L’ultimatum" ("Ultimatum") - November 1991*With
Patrick Cothias , "Au nom de tous les miens" ("In the Name of All My Kin")
#"Les Fourmis" ("The Ants"), Glénat, 1986
#"Les Renards" ("The Foxes"), Glénat, 1987* "Jehanne" ("Joan of Arc"), Albin Michel
# "La Sève et le Sang" ("Sap and Blood"), 1993
# "La Pucelle" ("The Maiden"), 1997*With
Denis Lapière , "La Dernière des salles obscures" ("The Last of the Dark Halls"), Dupuis
** Part 1: 1996
** Part 2: 1998* "Le Contrat" ("The Contract"), Albin Michel, 2001.
* "La Veuve Blanche" ("White Widow"), coll. Aire Libre, Dupuis, 2002.
*With
Frank Giroud , "Le Décalogue", part 7: "La Conspiration" ("The Conspiracy"), 2002.*With
Richard Malka , "L'Ordre de Cicéron" ("Cicero's Order")
#"Le Procès" ("The Trial"), Glénat, 2004
#"Mis en examen" ("Cross-examination"), Glénat, 2006*With Frank Giroud, "Quintet"
**"Deuxième mouvement - Histoire d'Alban Méric" ("Second Movement: the Story of Alban Méric"), coll. "Empreinte(s)", Dupuis, 2005Awards
* 1972: Prix Phénix for "Jérémie"
* 1974: Prix Phénix for "Les Naufragés du temps"
* 1978: Best French Artist at theAngoulême International Comics Festival , France
* 1982:Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême
* 1986: Grand Prix RTL for "Au nom de tous les miens"
* 1986: Special Jury Award at the 17thLucca festival
* 1998: Grand Prix "Yellow Kid " at the Lucca Festivalources
* 1978: "Schtroumfanzine - Les Cahiers de la bande dessinée", no. 36 - Dossier Gillon
* 1986: "Champagne !" no. 2/3, October - Interview Gillon
* 1982: "b.d. bulle" (magazine of the Angoulême Festival), no. 10 - Dossier Gillon
* 1998 : "Monsieur Gillon", biography byClaude Gendrot , published together with "La dernière des salles obscures"Video
* "Paul Gillon", by
Jean-Loup Martin , Cendrane Films / 8 Mont Blanc productions, 1997 (25' 30")External links
* [http://bd.amiens.com/auteurs/gillon_paul_50.html Biography]
* [http://www.dupuis.com/servlet/jpecat?pgm=VIEW_AUTHOR&lang=FR&AUTEUR_ID=42 Biography] on the site of publisherDupuis
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