Regis Loisel
Régis Loisel (born December 4, 1951 in Saint-Maixent-l'École ) is a French cartoonist . He became known almost overnight in 1982 with the beginning of the publication of the fantasy four-part book In Search of the Bird of Time and is now one of the most internationally successful comic artists.
Career
Loisel began to publish his own drawings in 1972 in collaboration with various copywriters. As early as the early 1970s, he was introduced to the draftsman and scenographer Serge Le Tendre in a comic drawing course. Le Tendre was convinced by Jean-Claude Mézières that his true calling was writing. As early as 1975, a few pages of the series In Search of the Bird of Time (in the original La Quête de l'oiseau du temps ) in the short-lived magazine Imagine were created .
When Le Tendre was discovered during the Dargaud talent search in the early 1980s , he suggested a new beginning for the story. After a lot of back and forth, the decision for the draftsman was finally back to Loisel. The initial publication in Charlie Mensuel magazine was an overwhelming success. The publisher published the story in a total of four albums, which sold in large numbers and made Loisel a well-known draftsman.
In 1989 Loisel joined a single volume called Freudenfeste (in the original Trouble Fêtes ). In addition to previously published illustrations, an erotic story by Rose Le Guirec was translated into opulent images. In 1990 the first volume of Loisel's second successful series, Peter Pan, followed . In addition to the drawings, he also took on the scenario for the first time, mixing the Peter Pan motifs by Sir James Matthew Barrie with the figure of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens . Loisel drew and wrote this series until 2004 and during this time published further single albums as a scenario artist and / or draftsman.
In 2006 the first two volumes of his third large series Das Nest (in the original Magasin Général ) were published. He is working on this with the artist Jean-Louis Tripp . Nine volumes have been published so far.
Loisel lives in Canada and shares a studio with Tripp in Montréal .
Individual works
- Celebrations. 1999
- Pyrenea . 1999
- Norbert the lizard. 2001
- The tree of the two springs. 2005
Series
- In search of the bird of the time (since 1985, so far 9 volumes)
- Peter Pan (1991 to 2005, 6 volumes)
- Das Nest (since 2007, so far 9 volumes)
- The Great Dead (2007 to 2019, 8 volumes)
Awards
- 1991: Alph'art du Public at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême
- 1991: winner of the Sierre Festival
- 1991: Comic of the year
- 1992: Max and Moritz Prize at the Erlangen Comic Salon
- 1995: Alph'art du Public at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême
- 2003: Grand Prix de la Ville d'Angoulême
literature
- Regis Loisel - A modern storyteller , in: RRAAH! 5th year, number 17
Web links
- Literature by and about Régis Loisel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Loisel
- German catalog of works in the German Comic Guide
- Régis Loisel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Loisel in the Quebec Bibliography of the University of Innsbruck , Canada Center, pp. 48f., Twelve German-language newspaper reports 1991–2010
- Studio visit: Our little city , Tagesspiegel , February 18, 2010, with photo: the two draftsmen in Montreal. Long barrel. the print version of February 10th
- Loisel ends his village drama “Das Nest” , Tagesspiegel, June 24, 2015
notes
- ↑ "Above all, the swear words are completely different," says Tripp. Then they both laugh and reel off a series of typical Québec curses, all of which stem from religious terms: remnants of the once dominant Catholic Church in this part of the New World.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loisel, Regis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Maixent-l'École |