Jean-Claude Mézières

Jean-Claude Mézières (born the September 23rd 1938 with Paris) is a draftsman of Cartoon French, creator of Valérian .

Biography

After studies with the School of the Applied arts, where it meet Jean Giraud, Mézières, fan of Far-West, leaves in 1965 to keep the cows with horse. He saunters thus in some states before finding Christin which is teaching of French with Salt Lake City. They carry out a cartoon, whom they send to Pilote . This one is published: it is the beginning of a long collaboration, to which the colourist Evelyne Tran-Breadth is added, his/her sister.

In 1967, are born Valérian and Laureline, in the history the bad dreams . The series published in Pilote is one of the first cartoon of French science fiction. Always in progress, Valérian meets a great success, and its influence on the authors of the Seventies is worth in Mézières the Grand Prix of the town of Angouleme in 1984.

At the beginning of the Years 1970, under the impulse of Claude Moliterni, it starts to give courses on the cartoon to the Université of Vincennes (Paris 8). It has as students André Juillard, Régis Loisel or Serge To tighten.

Wall, impassioned cinema, notes with beginning of the year 80 that many films ( Conan the Barbarian , Independence Day and even the Return of Jedi ) use decorations pointing out Valérian . Drawing some any sourness, he prefers to take part directly in the creative processes: Peter Fleischmann calls upon him in October 1985 to carry out the Scénarimage, of the costumes and the decorations of God rebels . Contacted by Luc Besson, it takes part of 1992 to 1994 in the creation of the decorations of the film the Fifth Element which leaves in 1997. He declares himself “filled with wonder” by the result.

Works published

Albums

Valérian (drawing), with Pierre Christin (scenario), Dargaud, 19 albums, 1970-2004.
Mézi before Wall , Pepperland, 1981. Resumption in album of the first boards prépubliées in Pilot .
bets will be always bets (?) , Dargaud, 1981, collective (begins again 75006 , 2 boards of 1980 prépubliées in Pilote ).
I laugh to see me whether beautiful (Laureline) , Casterman, 1983, collective (TO BE FOLLOWED) Except Série Spécial Hergé (1 board).
Lady Polaris (drawing), with Pierre Christin (scenario), Differently, 1987.
That which Completes : three last boards of the history, as posthumous homage of the work of Claude Auclair, ED. Casterman, 1991.
Adieu Dreams American (Correspondences of Pierre Christin), ED. Dargaud, 2002 (photographs and illustrations)

Reviews

forty short stories in Pilot , 1966-68.
the extraordinary one and disconcerting adventure of Mr Auguste Faust (drawing), with Fred (scenario), in Pilot n°390 (April 13rd, 1967) to 403 (July 13rd, 1967).
Valérian (drawing), with Pierre Christin (scenario), in Pilot , 1967-1985.
Two short stories (including one scenarized by Bruno Léandri) and some illustrations of editorial in Fluid Icy , 1976-79, 1982,1995,2005.
Two short stories in Metal Howling , 1976,1979.
a short history and some illustrations of editorial in (TO BE FOLLOWED) , 1978-79, 1983 and 1990.

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