Jean-Pierre Autheman
Jean-Pierre Autheman (17 December 1946 – 26 October 2020) was a French comic book author and teacher in art, computer graphics school. He was also occasionally a novelist, illustrator, and cartoonist.
Jean-Pierre Autheman
- Name
- Jean-Pierre Autheman
- Born
- 17 December 1946
- Birthplace
- Arles, France
- Died
- 26 October 2020
- Occupation
- Comic Book Author
- Full name
- Jean-Pierre Eugène Autheman.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- comic.
- Honours
- Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album and prix Jacques-Lob.
- Languages
- French.
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• Name — Jean-Pierre Autheman • Born — 17 December 1946 • Birthplace — Arles, France • Died — 26 October 2020 • Place of death — Arles, France • Occupation — Comic Book Author
Biography
Biography
After studying arts and letters, Autheman moved from Arles to Paris to try his luck as a designer. He made his debut in 1972 with the self-published comic strip Mémoires d'un Gardien de Phare. His friend, Georges Wolinski, who worked for Hara-Kiri, helped him publish comics in Charlie Mensuel, L'Écho des savanes, and Pilote. At the end of the 1970s, he became involved in the Rencontres d'Arles. In 1979, Autheman created the characters Condor and Vic Valence, whose first title, Une nuit chez Tennessee won Best Album at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 1987. He then began writing comics with more scarcity, with his last written comic coming in 2006, titled Zambada and illustrated by Éric Maltaite. He then became a professor of narrative image and screenplay design at the École des Nouvelles Images (formerly Supinfocom) in Avignon. Jean-Pierre Autheman died in Arles on 26 October 2020, at the age of 73. According to Guy Vidal, Autheman was a "great screenwriter". Pierre Desproges complimented his warm character.
Newspaper Comic Strips
Newspaper Comic Strips
• Escale à Nacaro in Charlie Mensuel (1978–1979) • Les Déserteurs (1981–1983) • Condor in Pilote • L'Otage (1982-1983) • Alerte en Afrique (1984) • L'Empire du Pacifique (1986–1987) • Le Testament de Marius Casanova (1989) • Vic Valence in Circus • Une nuit chez Tennessee (1985–1986) • La Passagère silencieuse (1987) • Le Voyage du bâteleur: La Dame de Dorfgrau (1987)
Comic Strip Albums
Comic Strip Albums
• Mémoires d'un gardien de phare (1974) • Les Déserteurs (1983) • Condor • Escale à Nacaro (1979) • L'Otage (1984) • Alerte en Afrique (1985) • L'Empire du Pacifique (1987) • Le Testament de Marius Casanova (1990) • Opérette marseillaise (1993) • Le Rendez-vous de Yu-Moon (1998) • Les Sirènes de Balarin (1984) • Ma zone (1984) • Vic Valence • Une nuit chez Tennessee (1986) • La Passagère silencieuse (1987) • La Lune des fous (1989) • Le Voyage du bâteleur t. 1: La Dame de Dorfgrau (1987) • Le Filet de Saint-Pierre (1992) • L'Arlésien (1992) • Place des hommes (1993) • Qu'est-ce qu'elles ont les filles? (1993) • Le Pet du Diable (1994) • Dérangez-pas mémé (1995) • La Passe du manchot (1996) • Exotissimo (1997) • Les Nanas (1998) • L'ombre de Moi-Même (1999) • Le Passage de Vénus (1999–2000) • Zambada • Les Vagues de la mer (2001) • La Maison de l'ange (2002) • Menace sur Zambada (2003) • Double jeu (2006) • Le Trésor d'Alazar (2001)
Co-Authorship
Novels
Novels
• L'Homme du général (1990)
Recipe Book
Recipe Book
• Cinquante Omelettes (2001)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1946
Jean-Pierre Autheman was born on 17 December 1946.
2020
Jean-Pierre Autheman died on 27 October 2020.
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Awards
• Best Album at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for Une nuit chez Tennessee (1987) • Prix Jacques-Lob (1994)
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- 1.Jean-Pierre Autheman est mort. Arles Info. 27 October 2020.
- 2.Rédaction : Mélanie Vallat Cristianini, Françoise Maurette, Jean-Pierre Autheman, Frédérique Bourguet. Arles Info. March 2007.
- 3.Jean-Pierre Autheman. Arles Info.
- 4.Jean-Pierre Autheman. Encyclopédie Larousse.
- 5.Les attaches profondes de Wolinski avec Arles. La Provence. 8 January 2015.
- 6.Quel est votre meilleur souvenir des Rencontres ?. Arles Info. June 2009.
- 7.Sallaud (Infographie), Mattéo. BD : au festival d'Angoulême, le prix du meilleur album prend du poids chaque année. Sud Ouest. 25 January 2019.
- 8.Mort de l'auteur de BD Jean-Pierre Autheman. BePolar.fr. 2 November 2020.
- 9.Poisson Pilote aux éditions Dargaud. Lecture Jeune. July 2000.
- 10.Interview : entretien avec Eric Maltaite. auracan.com. February 2002.
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Jean-Pierre Autheman is recorded with the occupation comics artist. Recorded as comics artist, writer and illustrator.
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