Yves Chaland

Yves Chaland ( born April 3, 1957 in Lyon, † 18 July 1990) was a French illustrator and comic book writer. He coined around 1980, the " atomic " style, which related visually to the 1950s.

Biography

At age 17, Yves Chaland published his first comic strip in the fanzine Biblipop. In 1975, with Lo Parisenc s Vacanças out his first long comic. During his studies he produced together with Luc Cornillon L' Unité de Valeur the fanzine. Through this work, Jean -Pierre Dionnet became aware of it, the Chaland and Cornillon 1978 charged with the production of a series of comic short stories for the new, large adult comic magazine Métal hurlant. For this they initially drew parodic imitations of comics of the 1950s. This eventually appeared in the anthology Captivant. Chaland developed in the pages of Métal hurlant subsequently his better-known comic characters like Bob Fish (1980 ), Adolphus Claar (1981) and Freddy Lombard, all drawn in the nostalgic nature of futuristic 1950s style, now also " atoms style" called.

1981 colored Chaland also the first episode of John Difool, the work of his colleagues Moebius. 1982 Chaland created the character Albert Klein, a fraudulent and malicious Brussels scamp in the war and postwar period. Furthermore Chaland drew a story for the Spirou series. His drawings, however, the publisher Dupuis appeared to be nostalgic, so it was a first in this story. Only in 1990 was followed by a second Steely heart. In the 1980s Chaland also made ​​many commercial graphics. At the age of 33 years who died in 1990 along with his daughter in a traffic accident.

Yves Chaland among the most important representatives of the new Ligne claire and coined the " atomic style " as a variation of this. He complements the classic, characterized by Hergé and Franquin character style to ironic elements in the narrative level. In German his works appeared The Adventures of Freddy Lombard from 1985 for several years when Carlsen Verlag, Albert Klein 1991 X for U and Spirou and Fantasio: Steel heart also at X for U. Partially published new editions of other publishers.

Bibliography

  • Lo Parisenc s Vacanças, 1975
  • Captivant, 1979 Luc Cornillon
  • Bob Fish, 1980
  • John Bravo, 1980
  • The Adventures of Freddy Lombard ( Les Aventures de Freddy Lombard ), 1981-1990, 5 volumes
  • Adolphus Claar, 1982
  • Spirou et Fantasio Spirou au Bocongo, 1982
  • Albert Klein ( Le Jeune Albert ), 1985
  • Spirou and Fantasio: Steel Hearts ( Spirou et Fantasio: Cœurs d' Acier ), 1990
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