Pierre Christin
{{Short description|French comics creator and writer (1938–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| image = Pierre Christin 20100701 Japan Expo 2.jpg
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| caption = Christin in 2010
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|7|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|10|03|1938|7|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Paris, France
| writer = y
| alias = Linus
| notable works = Valérian and Laureline
La Ville qui n'existait pas
La voyageuse de la petite ceinture
Rumeurs sur le Rouerge
| awards = full list
}}
Pierre Christin ({{IPA|fr|kʁistɛ̃|lang}}; 27 July 1938 – 3 October 2024) was a French comics creator and writer.
Biography
Christin was born at Saint-Mandé on 27 July 1938.{{cite book |last1=De Weyer |first1=Geert |title=100 stripklassiekers die niet in je boekenkast mogen ontbreken |year=2008 |publisher=Atlas |location=Amsterdam / Antwerp |language=Dutch |isbn=978-90-450-0996-4 |page=213 }}
After graduating from the Sorbonne, Christin pursued graduate studies in political science at SciencesPo and became a professor of French literature at the University of Utah,Historical Faculty Files, University Archives, University of Utah http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/UU_EAD,156 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129062438/http://content.lib.utah.edu/u/?%2FUU_EAD%2C156 |date=29 January 2011 }} Salt Lake City. His first comics story, Le Rhum du Punch, illustrated by his childhood friend Jean-Claude Mézières, was published in 1966 in Pilote magazine. Christin returned to France the following year to join the faculty of the University of Bordeaux. That year he again collaborated with Mézières to create the science-fiction series Valérian and Laureline for Pilote. The first episode was Les Mauvais Rêves (Bad Dreams).{{cn|date=October 2024}}
In addition to the ongoing Valérian, Christin meanwhile wrote several other comics one-shots, including The City That Didn't Exist (La Ville qui n'existe pas), The Black Order Brigade (Les Phalanges de l'ordre noir) and The Hunting Party (Partie de chasse) (all illustrated by Enki Bilal). Among the many European comics artist he collaborated with were Enki Bilal, Jacques Tardi, Alexis, Raymond Poïvet, Jijé, Annie Goetzinger, Daniel Ceppi, and François Boucq. He also wrote screenplays and science-fiction novels.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
Christin died on 3 October 2024, at the age of 86.{{cite news |last1=Potet |first1=Frédéric |title=Le scénariste Pierre Christin, grand nom de la bande dessinée, est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/10/03/le-scenariste-pierre-christin-grand-nom-de-la-bande-dessinee-est-mort_6342755_3382.html?lmd_medium=al&lmd_campaign=envoye-par-appli&lmd_creation=android&lmd_source=default |access-date=3 October 2024 |publisher=Le Monde |date=3 October 2024}}
Awards
- 1976: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Best French Author{{cite web | last =ToutEnBD | title =Le palmarès 1976 | url =http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=848 | language =French | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20070313075212/http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=848 | archivedate =13 March 2007 }}
- 1986: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Library Readers Award, for La voyageuse de la petite ceinture{{cite web | last =ToutEnBD | title =Le palmarès 1986 | url =http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=840 | language =French | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20070625041551/http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=840 | archivedate =25 June 2007 }}
- 1995: Haxtur Awards, Spain, nominated for Best Short Comic Strip, for El Círculo del poder (The Circles of Power){{cn|date=October 2024}}
- 1997: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Tournesol Award, for Les otages de l'Ultralum (Hostages of the Ultralum){{cite web | last =La sauce verte | title =Prix Tournesol | url =http://www.lasauceverte.org/article.php3?id_article=738 | language =French | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20071019113000/http://www.lasauceverte.org/article.php3?id_article=738 | archivedate =19 October 2007 }}
- 1996: Max & Moritz Prizes, Germany, Best International Writer{{cn|date=October 2024}}
- 2019: Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny award{{cn|date=October 2024}}
References
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- [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/auteurs1/christin.htm Pierre Christin publications in Pilote] BDoubliées {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-6568-BD-Christin-Pierre.html Pierre Christin albums] Bedetheque {{in lang|fr}}
External links
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- [http://lambiek.net/artists/c/christin_pierre.htm Pierre Christin biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia
- {{IMDB name|0160391}}
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Category:People from Saint-Mandé
Category:French comics writers
Category:Valérian and Laureline
Category:French graphic novelists
Category:French science fiction writers
Category:University of Utah faculty
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