Max Cabanes
Max Cabanes (born 22 September 1947) is a French illustrator and comic book author, best known for his fantasy series Dans les villages (published since 1977) and for his comic books recounting the lives of young people in the 1960s and 1970s (Heart-Throbs, Les Années pattes d'eph’, Bouquet de flirts). Comfortable with all drawing techniques and able to excel in a wide range of genres (fantasy, social commentary, detective stories), he was awarded in 1990 the Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême, the highest honor for a French-speaking comics author.
Max Cabanes
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- Name
- Max Cabanes
- Born
- 22 September 1947
- Birthplace
- Béziers, Hérault, France
- Occupation
- Comics artist, illustrator
- Nationality
- France
- Honours
- Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême · Prix France Info · Sang d'encre award
- Languages
- French
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Max Cabanes (born 22 September 1947) is a French illustrator and comic book author, best known for his fantasy series Dans les villages (published since 1977) and for his comic books recounting the lives of young people in the 1960s and 1970s (Heart-Throbs, Les Années pattes d'eph’, Bouquet de flirts). Comfortable with all drawing techniques and able to excel in a wide range of genres (fantasy, social commentary, detective stories), he was awarded in 1990 the Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême, the highest honor for a French-speaking comics author.
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• Name — Max Cabanes • Born — 22 September 1947 • Birthplace — Béziers, Hérault, France • Occupation — Comics artist, illustrator
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Dans les villages: • Dans les villages, AUDIE, 1977. In subsequent editions it is titled La jôle. • L'Anti-jôle, Dargaud, 1982 • La Crognote rieuse, Dargaud, 1984 • Le Rêveur de réalité, Dargaud, 1986 • L'École de la cruauté, Dupuis, coll. « Expresso », 2005 • Une Fuite, deux horizons, Dupuis, coll. « Expresso », 2006 • La Déroute des synapses, Dupuis, coll. « Expresso », 2008 • Contes fripons, AUDIE, 1979 • Rencontres du 3rdsale type, Dargaud, coll. « Pilote », 1982 • Bains d'encre, Futuropolis, coll. « Hic et nunc », 1982 • Le Roman de Renart (dessin), avec Jean-Claude Forest (scénario), Futuropolis, coll. 30/40, 1985 • Colin Maillard, 1989 (English translation:Heart-Throbs, Catalan Communications, 1991) • Maxou contre l’athlète, 1997 • Les Années pattes d'eph’, Albin Michel, 1992 • Bouquets de Flirts, Albin Michel, 1996 • Bellagamba (art), with Claude Klotz (writer), Casterman, coll. • La Chasse aux ombres, 1999 • Les Saisonniers, 2002 • La Maison Winchester, Glénat, coll. « La Loge noire », 2004 • La Princesse du sang, Dupuis, adapted from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette • Fatale, with Doug Headline (scénario), Dupuis coll. « Aire libre», adapted from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette, 2014 • Nada, with Doug Headline (writer), Dupuis coll. « Aire libre », adapted from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette, 2018 • Morgue pleine, with Doug Headline (writer), Dupuis coll. « Aire libre», adapted from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette, 2021
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• L’Homme qui fait le tour du monde written by Pierre Christin, with Philippe Aymond (drawings), Dargaud, 1994 Max Cabanes has illustrated youth novels, including: • Concertino, by Jean-Henri Potier, L’école des loisirs, 1978 • La Chanson des sirènes, by Michel Piquemal, Milan, 1998 • Petit lexique des sorcières, by Marie-Charlotte Delmas, Syros jeunesse, coll. • La Course du guépard, by Jean-Charles Bernardini (éditions Mango Jeunesse, coll. Le cercle magique, 2002)
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- 1.Smolderen (1984),
- 2.Pour eux c'est le Front de gauche, humanite.fr, 19 avril 2012.
- 3.Article Schtroumpfanzine 35 1979 11 Henri Filippini Contes fripons 24 .
- 4.Article Critix 0 1992/93 hiver Évariste Blanchet Les Années pattes d'éph' 14-15 .
- 5.Max Cabanes : "Coller à l’esprit de Manchette". Tout en BD. 27 octobre 2018.
- 6.Festival d'Angoulême. Encyclopédie Larousse.
- 7."Boulevard du Midi", de Brigitte Aubert, illustré par Max Cabanes. Le Monde.fr. 2013-09-02. 2022-09-18.
- 8.Airhesse. Max Cabanes prix Mor Vran 2010 pour "La princesse du sang". bdvitrylefrancois.over-blog.com. 19 Avril 2010.
- 9.Eléphants d’Or 2019 : le palmarès. Tout en BD. 5 octobre 2019.
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