Pierre Christin

Infobox Comics creator


name = Pierre Christin
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birthdate = birth date and age|1938|7|27
location = Saint-Mandé,
Val-de-Marne, France
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nationality = French
area = writer
alias = Linus
notable works = "Valérian and Laureline" "La Ville qui n'existait pas" "La voyageuse de la petite ceinture " "Rumeurs sur le Rouerge"
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Pierre Christin (born July 27, 1938) is a French comics creator and writer.

Biography

Christin was born at Saint-Mandé.

After graduating from the Sorbonne, Christin pursued graduate studies in political science and became a professor of French literature at the University of Utah [Historical Faculty Files, University Archives, University of Utah http://db3-sql.staff.library.utah.edu/lucene/] , Salt Lake City. His first comics story, "Le Rhum du Punch", illustrated by his childhood friend Jean-Claude Mézières, was published in 1966 in "Pilote" magazine. Christin returned to France the following year to join the faculty of the University of Bordeaux. That year he again collaborated with Mézières to create the science-fiction series "Valérian and Laureline" for "Pilote". The first episode was "Les Mauvais Rêves" ("Bad Dreams").

In addition to the ongoing "Valerian", Christin has written several other comics one-shots, including "The City That Didn't Exist" ("Le Ville qui n'existe pas"), "The Black Order Brigade" ("Les Phalanges de l'ordre noir") and "The Hunting Party" ("Partie de chasse"). Among the many European comics artist he has collaborated with are Enki Bilal, Jacques Tardi, Alexis, Raymond Poïvet, Jijé, Annie Goetzinger, Daniel Ceppi, and François Boucq. He has also written screenplays and science-fiction novels.

Awards

* 1976: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Best French Author cite web | last =ToutEnBD | title =Le palmarès 1976 | url =http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=848 | language = French ]
* 1986: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Library Readers Award, for "La voyageuse de la petite ceinture" cite web | last =ToutEnBD | title =Le palmarès 1986 | url =http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=840 | language = French ]
* 1995: Haxtur Awards, Spain, nominated for Best Short Comic Strip, for "El Círculo del poder" ("The Circles of Power")
* 1997: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Tournesol Award, for "Les otages de l’Ultralum" ("Hostages of the Ultralum") cite web | last =La sauce verte | title =Prix Tournesol | url =http://www.lasauceverte.org/article.php3?id_article=738 | language = French ]
* 1996: Max & Moritz Prizes, Germany, Best International Writer

References

* [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/auteurs1/christin.htm Pierre Christin publications in "Pilote"] BDoubliées fr_icon
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-6568-BD-Christin-Pierre.html Pierre Christin albums] Bedetheque fr_icon

Footnotes

External links

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/c/christin_pierre.htm Pierre Christin biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia