Jean-Yves Ferri
Jean-Yves Ferri (lang) (born 20 April 1959) is a French writer, designer, and colourist of comics. On 25 July 2011, he was chosen as the writer for the next installment of the Asterix series created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Uderzo personally mentored him and Didier Conrad, who was subsequently announced as the artist.
Jean-Yves Ferri
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- Birth Name
- Jean-Yves Ferri
- Born
- 20 April 1959
- Birthplace
- Mostaganem, Algeria
- Nationality
- French
- Awards
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Occupation
- comics artist, illustrator and comics writer.
- Known for
- urban-rural migrant and De Gaulle à la plage.
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Jean-Yves Ferri (lang) (born 20 April 1959) is a French writer, designer, and colourist of comics. On 25 July 2011, he was chosen as the writer for the next installment of the Asterix series created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Uderzo personally mentored him and Didier Conrad, who was subsequently announced as the artist.
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Biography
Biography
The 35th Asterix volume, Asterix and the Picts, was published on 24 October 2013. The next volume, the 36th Asterix volume, Asterix and the Missing Scroll, was released on 22 October 2015 and the 37th volume, Asterix and the Chariot Race, was released in 2017, followed by Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter in 2019 and Asterix and the Griffin in 2021. Ferri was replaced by Fabrice Caro as writer starting with the 2023 volume, Asterix and the White Iris.
Key facts
Key facts
• Birth Name — Jean-Yves Ferri • Born — 20 April 1959 • Birthplace — Mostaganem, Algeria • Nationality — French • Notable Works — De Gaulle à la plage • Awards — Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Identity
Identity
Jean-Yves Ferri is recorded as comics artist, illustrator and comics writer.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1959
Jean-Yves Ferri born at Mostaganem.
Publications
• Fables autonomes, Audie • Tome 1, 1996 • Tome 2, 1998 • Aimé Lacapelle, Audie • Je veille aux grains, 2000 • Tonnerre sur le sud-ouest, 2001 • Poules rebelles, 2003 • Bêtes à bon diou, 2007 • Le Retour à la terre, with Manu Larcenet • La Vraie Vie, 2002. • Les Projets, 2003. • Le Vaste Monde, 2005. • Le Déluge, 2006. • Les Révolutions, 2008. • Revoir Corfou, le recueil des dessins hors-séries, collection Azote Liquide, Audie, 2004 • Correspondances, with Manu Larcenet, Les Rêveurs, coll. « M'as-tu vu », 2006. • Le Sens de la vis, with Manu Larcenet, Les Rêveurs, coll. « M'as-tu vu », • tome 1: Le Sens de la vis (2007) • tome 2: Tracer le cercle (2010) • De Gaulle à la plage, Dargaud, coll. « Poisson Pilote », 2007. Couleur Patrice Larcenet. • Asterix and the Picts - 2013 • Asterix and the Missing Scroll - 2015 • Asterix and the Chariot Race - 2017 • Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter - 2019 • Asterix and the Griffin - 2021
Prizes
• Prix de l'Humour noir Grandville in 2005 (Revoir Corfou) • Prix Jacques Lob in 2008 • Prix Virgin 2005 (Le Vaste Monde)
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- 1.Jean-Yves Ferri. Lambiek comiclopedia.
- 2.Le Général en tongs face à la houle, sur Arte. Le Monde. 2 novembre 2020 accès.
- 3.Astérix : Une nouvelle ère s’ouvre. 25 juillet 2011.
- 4.Astérix change de dessinateur pour son prochain album. Midi libre. 10-10-2012 lire en.
- 5.Conrad et Ferri : « Le 38e album d'Astérix sortira le 24 octobre ». Le Journal du dimanche. 05/01/2019 consulté.
- 6.Ariège. Le scénariste Jean-Yves Ferri quitte Astérix pour le général De Gaulle. La Dépêche du Midi La Dépêche. 21 décembre 2022 lire en.
- 7.Le rire aguerri de Jean-Yves Ferri, scénariste d'Astérix. L'Express. 07/04/2019.
- 8.Anouck Ferri.
- 9.Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres janvier 2014. culturecommunication.gouv.fr via Internet Archive.
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