Cosey
Cosey (born as Bernard Cosandey ) (born June 14, 1950 in Lausanne , Vaud, Switzerland) is a Swiss comic artist who has received numerous international awards and prizes. He lives in Pully , Switzerland.
life and work
After completing an apprenticeship as a graphic artist from 1965 to 1969, Cosey was an assistant at Derib from 1970 and colored various albums for him. From 1970 he published Monfreyd et Tilbury (scenario by André-Paul Duchâteau ) his first humorous comics for the Belgian newspaper Le soir . He started his multi-volume adventure series Jonathan in 1975. The comic character Jonathan is a European dropout who travels the Himalayas , especially Tibet . She has autobiographical traits: "I am the shadow of Jonathan, his darker, less brilliant side." In this series he combines his excellent drawing skills with literary material. After an 11 year hiatus, Cosey published albums from this series again in 1997 and 2001.
Since 1985, Cosey has mainly been drawing individual comic novels with changing main characters. What they have in common is that they embark on external and internal journeys. The story In Search of Peter Pan , published in two albums, is set in a small village in the Valais Alps at the end of the 1920s . A Trip to Italy is about two Vietnam War veterans who travel around Italy and the US and are caught up in their past. Orchidea is a typical road comic in which three siblings drive on American highways in search of their father. In Saigon - Hanoi , Cosey even foregoes any action in a formally innovative scenario: on New Year's Eve, a Vietnam veteran again speaks to a little girl he does not know on the phone while watching a television film about Vietnam. In Joyeux Nöel, May , Cosey tells a Christmas story about two different women who meet in the Rocky Mountains . Zeke raconte des histoires is an experimental comic whose main story is interrupted by many small side stories. In 2003 published Une maison de Frank L. Wright four love stories with happy endings are combined in one album.
In addition, Cosey has published countless other stories, illustrations , series graphics and various other works.
Awards
Cosey received numerous awards and prizes in France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1988 he received the Max and Moritz Prize for the best German-language comic book publication ( In Search of Peter Pan ), and in 1993 the prize for the best scenario ( Saigon - Hanoi ) at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême .
bibliography
Jonathan series
- 1977 (Tome 1) Souviens-toi, Jonathan ( Eng ., In Search of Memory , Jonathan, Vol. 1, 1985; ISBN 3-551-02371-9 )
- 1977 (Tome 2) Et la montagne chantera pour toi ( Ger ., The song of the white mountain , Jonathan, Vol. 2, 1985; ISBN 3-551-02372-7 )
- 1977 (Tome 3) Pieds nus sous les rhododendrons (Eng., The secret of the strange girl , Jonathan, Vol. 3, 1985; ISBN 3-551-02373-5 )
- 1979 (Tome 4) Le berceau de Bodhisattva (Ger., The cradle of the Bodhisattwa , Jonathan, Vol. 4, 1986; ISBN 3-551-02374-3 )
- 1980 (Tome 5) L'espace bleu entre les nuages (Eng., The blue space between the clouds , Jonathan, Vol. 5, 1986; ISBN 3-551-02375-1 )
- 1980 (Tome 6) Douniacha, il ya longtemps ( Ger ., Drolmas Traum , Jonathan, Vol. 6, 1987; ISBN 3-551-02374-3 )
- 1981 (Tome 7) Kate (Ger., Kate , Jonathan, Vol. 7, 1987; ISBN 3-551-02377-8 )
- 1982 (Tome 8) Le privilège du serpent ( Eng ., The privilege of the snake , Jonathan, Vol. 8, 1988; ISBN 3-551-02378-6 )
- 1983 (Tome 9) Neal et Sylvester (Ger., Neal and Sylvester , Jonathan, Vol. 9, 1988; ISBN 3-551-02379-4 )
- 1985 (Tome 10) Oncle Howard est de retour (Ger., Uncle Howard is back , Jonathan, Vol. 10; ISBN 3-551-02379-4 )
- 1986 (Tome 11) Greyshore Island ( Ger ., Greyshore Island , Jonathan, Vol. 11, 1989; ISBN 3-551-02381-6 )
- 1997 (Tome 12) Celui qui mène les fleuves à la mer ( Eng ., Who leads the rivers to the sea , Jonathan, Vol. 12, 2002; ISBN 3-89908-019-X )
- 2001 (Tome 13) La Saveur du Songrong ( Eng ., The Taste of Songrong , Jonathan, Vol. 13, 2002; ISBN 3-89908-085-8 )
- 2008 (Tome 14) Elle, ou: Dix mille Lucioles ( Ger ., Sie, or: Ten thousand glowworms , Jonathan, Vol. 14, 2008; ISBN 978-3-89908-286-9 )
- 2011 (Tome 15) Atsuko (Ger., Atsuko , Jonathan, Vol. 15, 2012; ISBN 978-3-89908-453-5 )
- 2013 (Tome 16) Celle qui fut (Eng., Those who were , Jonathan, Vol. 16, 2013; ISBN 978-3-89908-511-2 )
Single albums
- 1983 (Tome 1) A la recherche de Peter Pan (German, In search of Peter Pan , Vol. 1, 1987; ISBN 3-551-02722-6 )
- 1983 (Tome 2) A la recherche de Peter Pan (German, In search of Peter Pan , Vol. 2, 1987; ISBN 3-551-02723-4 )
- 1988 (Tome 1) Le voyage en Italie (Ger., A trip to Italy , Vol. 1, 1989; ISBN 3-551-01729-8 )
- 1988 (Tome 2) Le voyage en Italie (German A Journey to Italy , Vol. 2, 1989; ISBN 3-551-01730-1 )
- 1988 Orchidéa ( Ger ., Orchidea , 1992 ; ISBN 3-551-01870-7 )
- 1991 Saigon-Hanoi (Ger., Saigon - Hanoi , 1993; ISBN 3-551-72476-8 )
- 1994 Zélie Nord-Sud (German, Amina: a journey through Africa , 1994; ISBN 2-8036-1109-0 )
- 1995 Joyeux Noël, May (Ger., Tallulah & May , 1996; ISBN 3-551-72270-6 )
- 2001 Zeke raconte des histoires
- 2003 Une maison de Frank L. Wright
- 2005: Le Bouddha d'Azur , tome 1, ISBN 2-8001-3724-X
- 2006: Le Bouddha d'Azur , tome 2, ISBN 2-8001-3839-4
- 2016: Une mystérieuse mélodie - Ou comment Mickey rencontra Minnie (Eng., A mysterious melody - Or: How Micky met his Minnie, 2017 ; ISBN 978-3-7704-3963-8 )
- 2017: Calypso (Ger., Calypso , 2019; ISBN 978-3-89908-693-5 )
- 2019: Le secret de tante Miranda
literature
- Jean-Pierre Mercier (Ed.): Cosey d'est en ouest, Cosey from East to West. Catalog, Center National de la Bande Dessinée et de l'Image, Angoulême, France, 1999; ISBN 2-907848-18-6
- Stephan Caluwaerts, André Taymans: A Propos de Jonathan, Interview, Collection A Propos No. 3. 2000, Nautilus Editions; ISBN 2-9600257-7-6
- Dinu Logoz: Cosey, Edition Comic Forum (undated: 1988 or later)
Web links
- Literature by and about Cosey in the catalog of the German National Library
- The World of Cosey (English)
- Review of the current German Cosey edition
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cosey |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cosendai, Bernard (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss comic artist and illustrator |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |