Raoul Cauvin

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Raoul Cauvin (born September 26, 1938 in Antoing , † August 19, 2021 ) was a Belgian comic book author .

Life

After training as an advertising lithographer , a profession with no future, he completed his military service.

In 1960 he started at Dupuis with simple tasks such as drawing boxes for crossword puzzles. Shortly afterwards he worked as a cameraman for the animation studios TVA, which belonged to Eddy Ryssack . In addition to creating the Smurfs films, Cauvin wrote scenarios with which he tried to get a job at Dupuis for seven years. Yvan Delporte always rejected his proposals .

Charles Dupuis gave Cauvin a chance to put his skills to the test. With that the work at TVA came to an end.

His breakthrough came with Louis Salvérius when both created the series The Blue Boys (French: Les Tuniques bleues ) in 1968. This series was intended to replace Lucky Luke and first appeared on August 29, 1968 in the weekly Spirou . Up until Salvérius' death, Cauvin wrote not only a few one-page stories and short stories, but also four volumes dealing with soldiers from the northern states in the American Civil War . Salvérius used an all-around comical style in the stories. The figures do not yet resemble the current ones, but are more reminiscent of Ryssack or Franquin . Salvérius could no longer complete the band Outlaw . He died on May 22, 1972. The unfinished adventure was completed in the cartoonish style of Salvérius by Willy Lambil , who took over the series in 1972. In the following volumes the style became more and more realistic. So far 52 volumes have been published by Dupuis.

In 1972 Cauvin created the series Armer Lampil (French: Pauvre Lampil ) with Lambil, with the comic artist Lambil as the main character. These comics were published by Spirou magazine under the new Carte Blanche section (The Free Page). With the introduction of these two pages, young talents were given the opportunity to present their best work as well as to publish unconventional short stories. In addition to being published regularly in Spirou magazine, these short stories were also published in seven volumes in France.

In addition to the comics listed above, Cauvin also wrote the following series:

  • from 1970: Sammy ( Berck / Jean-Pol / Cauvin) Sammy and Jack , 39 volumes.
  • 1969–1984: Caline & Calebasse ( Mazel / Cauvin).
  • 1979–1987: Boulouloum et Guiliguili / Les Jungles perdues ( Mazel / Cauvin) King and Kong / Rambo & Zambo , ten volumes.
  • from 1979: Les grandes amours contrariées ( Bercovici / Cauvin), 30 volumes.
  • 1980/1981: Spirou et Fantasio ( Nicolas Broca / Cauvin) Spirou and Fantasio , three volumes.
  • from 1981: L'Agent 212 (Kox / Cauvin) Your friend and helper , 26 volumes.
  • from 1983: Pierre Tombal (Hardy / Cauvin) Pierre Tombal , 24 volumes.
  • from 1986: Les femmes en blanc (Bercovici / Cauvin) The Sick Sisters , 36 volumes.
  • from 1986: Cédric ( Laudec / Cauvin) Cédric , 28 volumes.
  • from 1992: Les Psy (Bédu / Cauvin) die Psy , 14 volumes.

Raoul Cauvin died of cancer in 2021 .

Awards

literature

  • Zack No. 58. Inside: Portrait of Cauvin.
  • Kris de Saeger: The great Cauvin album , Arboris 1995 ISBN 9-0344-0919-8 .

Web links

Commons : Raoul Cauvin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mort du scénariste Raoul Cauvin, creator of “Tuniques bleues” and “Cédric” at francebleu.fr.
  2. ↑ Berck website ( Memento of February 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). September 29, 2006
  3. ^ Angoulême Awards 1976 ( Memento of March 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). September 29, 2006
  4. ^ Angoulême Awards 2001 ( Memento of March 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). September 29, 2006
  5. ^ Site of the Albert Uderzo Awards ( Memento of November 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). June 28, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Cauvin, Raoul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian comic book author
BIRTH DATE September 26, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Antoing
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 2021