Frank Margerin

Frank Margerin (born January 9, 1952 in Paris ) is a French cartoonist and author.

Career

Margerin completed an art degree and was able to publish his first short story in 1975 in the newly founded comic magazine Métal hurlant . His most successful series began in 1979 without a title. They are stories from a Parisian suburban gang in which he depicts the youth of the 1980s. The series was published in German translation under the title Wahnsinns-Strips by Semic and Die Vorstadtgang by Carlsen Comics .

Margerin's most popular character is Lucien, a rock music enthusiast from a suburb of Paris who stumbles from one mishap into another, but always remains good-natured. Lucien appears mostly in short stories; Even with these, Margerin uses every opportunity to accommodate a gag.

Awards

In 1992 he received the Grand Prix de la Ville d'Angoulême at the International Comics Festival in Angoulême .

Works

in german are published:

Choose Rocky (Semics Wahnsinns-Strips 1), Semic, 1983 (Votez Rocky, 1981) .
Bravo, Lucien! (Semics Wahnsinns-Strips 2), Semic, 1983 (Bananes Metalliques, 1983) .
Radio Lucien (Semics Wahnsinns-Strips 3), Semic, 1984 (Radio Lucien, 1982) .
The suburban aisle 1, Ricky punching his way through, Carlsen, 1985 (Ricky VII, 1984) , ISBN 3-551-02461-8 .
Die Vorstadtgang 2, Lucien is in love, Carlsen, 1987, (La Retour De Lucien, 1987), ISBN 3-551-02462-6 .
Die Vorstadtgang 3, Coke from Bolivia, Carlsen, 1988, (Chez Lucien, 1985) , ISBN 3-551-02463-4 .
Die Vorstadtgang 4, Tutti macht Terror, Carlsen, 1988, (Ricky Banlieue, 1983) , ISBN 3-551-02464-2 .
The Suburban Aisle 5, Select Rocky, (Carlsen, 1989).
Die Vorstadtgang 6, Back to Nature, Carlsen, 1991 (Lucien Se Met Au Vert, 1990) , ISBN 3-551-02466-9 .
The obnoxious Manu, Ehapa, 1991.
The incorrigible Manu, Ehapa, 1992.
There's No More Youth (U-Comix Presents 49), Alpha, 1991.
Lucien 1 - Lucien returns, Ehapa, 1993 (Lucien, le retour, 1993) ISBN 3-7704-1695-3 .

as editor:

U-Comix Spezial Bunt 1 - Frank Margerin presents: Die Fete (Alpha, 1990).
U-Comix Spezial Bunt 2 - Frank Margerin presents: The Telly (Alpha, 1990).
U-Comix Spezial Bunt 3 - Frank Margerin presents: Mietzi and Bello (Alpha, 1991).

as well as articles in various edited volumes.

swell

Andreas C. Knigge: Comic lexicon . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X .
Thierry Groensteen: Asterix, Barbarella & Co. History of comics in the French-speaking area . Somogy Editions D'Art 2000.

Web links

Commons : Frank Margerin - Collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Margerin, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French comic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 9, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris