Yves Chaland
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Yves Chaland (born April 3, 1957 in Lyon, France; died July 18, 1990 (car crash) was a French cartoonist.
During the 1980's, together with Ted Benoît, Serge Clerc and Floc'h, he relaunched the Ligne claire style (more accurately, his sub-genre the "futuristic" Atomic style) in French comics.
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[edit] Biography
Chaland published his first strips in the fanzine "Biblipop" when he was 17. During his studies at Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Etienne, France, he created his own one, "L'Unité de Valeur", in 1976, with Luc Cornillon.
In 1978, spotted by Jean-Pierre Dionnet, he collaborated to the French Bande Dessinée magazine Métal Hurlant and Ah Nana. These parodies of the 50's comics have been collected in the album Captivant.
He then created the characters of Bob Fish, Adolphus Claar, Freddy Lombard, and Le Jeune Albert, a scamp character living in Marolles, a neighborhood of Brussels. Yves Chaland, approached to draw Spirou et Fantasio adventures, used Jijé and André Franquin influences to achieve weekly strips of these characters. But he stopped after a few weeks. This work has been collected in the album Cœurs d'acier.
His specific, limpid and "modern" style was especially appreciated in advertising.
[edit] Bibliography
- Captivant
- Bob Fish
- Adolphus Claar
- John Bravo
- The Adventures of Freddy Lombard
- The Will of Godfrey of Bouillon (Le Testament de Godefroid de Bouillon)
- The Elephant Graveyard (Le Cimetière des éléphants)
- The Comet of Carthage (La Comète de Carthage)
- Holiday in Budapest (Vacances à Budapest)
- F-52
- Le Jeune Albert
[edit] Books published in English
Like many Franco-Belgian comics, Chaland's works have had limited publications into English. The complete Freddy Lombard series was released in the Chaland anthology's volumes 1 and 2. In English, these were the only two released (in both paper and hardback, in 2003), while in French, 4 volumes were released, containing all of the works of Chaland.
[edit] Awards
- 1982: Best Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel, Belgium
[edit] Trivia
- Garen Ewing cited the work of Chaland as an influence on his work, The Rainbow Orchid.
