PIERRE CHRISTIN

'Pierre Christin' is a French comics creator and scripter born July 27, 1938 in Saint Mandé France.

Contents

Biography

Awards

References

External links

Biography

After graduating from the Sorbonne, Christin pursued graduate studies in political science and became a professor of French literature at the University of Salt Lake City, Utah. 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 '' 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 ''Le Ville qui n'existe pas'', ''Les Phalanges de l'ordre noir (The Black Order Brigade)'', and ''Partie de chasse (The Hunting Party)''. 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 ^[1]

★ 1986: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Library Readers Award, for ''La voyageuse de la petite ceinture'' ^[2]

★ 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'') ^[3]

★ 1996: Max & Moritz Prizes, Germany, Best International Writer

References

★ Pierre Christin publications in ''Pilote'' BDoubliées

★ Pierre Christin albums Bedetheque
'Footnotes'
1. Le palmarès 1976
2. Le palmarès 1986
3. Prix Tournesol

External links

★ Pierre Christin biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia