Jean-Pierre Autheman
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Jean-Pierre Autheman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 December 1946 |
| Died | 26 October 2020 (aged 73) Arles, France |
| Occupation | Comic Book Author |
Jean-Pierre Autheman (17 December 1946 – 26 October 2020) was a French comic book author and teacher in art, computer graphics school.[1] He was also occasionally a novelist,[2] illustrator, and cartoonist.[3]
After studying arts and letters,[4] Autheman moved from Arles to Paris to try his luck as a designer. He made his debut in 1972 with the self-published comic strip Mémoires d'un Gardien de Phare. His friend, Georges Wolinski, who worked for Hara-Kiri,[5] helped him publish comics in Charlie Mensuel, L'Écho des savanes, and Pilote. At the end of the 1970s, he became involved in the Rencontres d'Arles.[6]
In 1979, Autheman created the characters Condor and Vic Valence, whose first title, Une nuit chez Tennessee won Best Album at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 1987.[7] He then began writing comics with more scarcity, with his last written comic coming in 2006, titled Zambada and illustrated by Éric Maltaite. He then became a professor of narrative image and screenplay design at the École des Nouvelles Images (formerly Supinfocom) in Avignon.
Jean-Pierre Autheman died in Arles on 26 October 2020, at the age of 73.[8] According to Guy Vidal, Autheman was a "great screenwriter".[9] Pierre Desproges complimented his warm character.[10]
