Téhem

Téhem (2015)

Téhem (born January 16, 1969 in Charenton-le-Pont ), actually Thierry Maunier , is a French comic book author and illustrator . He is best known for his Malika Secouss comic series .

Life

Téhem was born to parents from Réunion in a Paris suburb. At the age of five he moved with his family to the island of Réunion , which he left at the age of 15 to finish his art studies.

He became a teacher of plastic arts and finally found a job on Réunion at the Collège de Bras-Panon . After a few years in this profession, Téhem now devotes himself exclusively to comics.

During his studies he was already working for the comic magazine Le Cri du Margouillat and published four volumes of the Tiburce series , which was also published in Réunion Creole . He became known, however, with the comics about Malika Secouss , which deal critically and humorously with the problems in the banlieus.

In 2001 the first album by Zap Collège was published by Glénat . At the comic festival in Angoulême in 2003, this band was also awarded the Alph-Art du meilleur album jeunesse 9-12 ans award.

In 2006 he supported the Pas d'éducation, pas d'avenir campaign , which advocates better education, with various posters.

In Germany, Téhem was best known for the Spirou and Fantasio special album A Big Head , on which he worked with Pierre Makyo and Toldac .

Works (selection)

• Since 1996: Tiburce ; 6 volumes; at Center du Monde
• 1998-2008: Malika Secouss ; 9 volumes; at Glénat
• Since 2002: Zap Collège ; 7 volumes; at Glénat
• Since 2005: Marie Frisson ; 7 volumes; at Glénat
• Since 2007: Root ; 3 volumes; at Glénat
• 2015: Spirou and Fantasio - A big head (French: La Grosse Tête ; Spezialalbum 20; Carlsen; with Makyo and Toldac )
• January 2017: Article about Eritrea in the magazine Groom ( Dupuis )

Web links

• Biography on Bedetheque.com (French)
• Biography on the website of the Glénat publishing house (French)