| Yves Chaland | |
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| Born | 3 April 1957 Lyon,Rhône, France |
| Died | 18 July 1990(1990-07-18) (aged 33) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Area(s) | artist, writer |
Notable works | Bob Fish Adolphus Claar Freddy Lombard |
| Awards | full list |
Yves Chaland (French:[ivʃalɑ̃]; 3 April 1957 – 18 July 1990)[1] was a Frenchcartoonist.
During the 1980s, together withLuc Cornillon,Serge Clerc andFloc'h, he launched theAtomic style, a stylish remake of theMarcinelle School inFranco-Belgian comics.
Yves Chaland was born in Lyon on 3 April 1957 to Jean-Marie Chaland and Marie-Thérèse Chapolard.
Chaland published his first strips in the fanzineBiblipop when he was 17. During his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts,Saint-Etienne, he created his own fanzine,L'Unité de Valeur, in 1976, with Luc Cornillon.[2]
In 1978, they met writer/editor Jean-Pierre Dionnet who hired them for his comics magazinesMétal Hurlant andAh Nana. These pastiches of 50s comics have been collected in the albumCaptivant. In September 1979 he married designerIsabelle Beaumenay-Joannet.
He then created the characters ofBob Fish,Adolphus Claar,Freddy Lombard, andLe Jeune Albert, a scamp character living in the Marolles, a working-class area ofBrussels. Yves Chaland, was approached to draw an adventure ofSpirou et Fantasio, appearinging in half-page installments of the weeklySpirou magazine. Done in a retro 50s style similar to his influencesJijé andAndré Franquin, both former artists on theSpirou feature. The unfinished story has been collected in the album Spirou et Fantasio – Hors Série, No. 4 (Dupuis, 2003).
He also did many advertising illustration commissions in his crisp, clean, "retro-modern" cartoon style.
Chaland died on 18 July 1990, following acar wreck, at the age of 33.
As with many Franco-Belgian comics, Chaland's works have had limited publication in English. The complete Freddy Lombard series was released in the two volume Chaland Anthology. These were the only two released in English (in both paper and hardback, in 2003), while 4 volumes were released in French, containing his complete comic strip works for Métal Hurlant. (Chaland – L'Intégrale).
A Magazine contribute to the knowledge of Chaland's artwork,The Journal of Freddy's friends is also available in English.
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