Didier Comès
Didier Comès (born December 11, 1942) is a Belgian comics artist, best known for his graphic novels published in the magazine (À Suivre).
Biography
Didier Comès is born as Dieter Hermann Comès in Sourbrodt in 1942.[1] Growing up in a small village in the Hautes Fagnes with a German speaking father and a French speaking mother, he defines himself as a "bastard of two cultures".[2] He leaves school at 16 and starts working as an industrial artist in a factory in Verviers, only making his debut in the newspaper Le Soir with the comic strip Hermann in 1969. Four years later he makes his first typical long story, Le Dieu vivant, the first part of the series Ergün l'errant, for the French magazine Pilote. In this story, like in most of his later work, the filmic images take precedence over the story, which is fantastic, and centers around death and mythology.[1]
His breakthrough follows with Silence, a harrowing story featuring a mute and deaf boy in the Ardennes after World War II. All these elements, war, mythology, troubled relations, witchcraft, animals, and death, often placed in the Ardennes, the region where he is born and lives, are recurring themes in most of his later graphic novels, long unrelated stories in black and white. [1] Comès was early on influenced by fellow Ardennais comic artists René Hausman and Paul Deliège, and would later become friends with his example Hugo Pratt.
Bibliography
| Series | Years | Volumes | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ergün l'errant | 1974-1981 | 2 | Casterman and Dargaud |
| Silence | 1980 | 1 | Casterman |
| L'Ombre du corbeau | 1981 | 1 | Le Lombard |
| La Belette | 1983 | 1 | Casterman |
| Eva | 1985 | 1 | Casterman |
| L'arbre-coeur | 1988 | 1 | Casterman |
| Iris | 1991 | 1 | Casterman |
| La Maison ou rêvent les arbres | 1995 | 1 | Casterman |
| Les larmes du tigre | 2000 | 1 | Casterman |
| Dix de der | 2006 | 1 | Casterman |
Awards
- 1980: Grand Prix Saint-Michel, Brussels, Belgium[3]
- 1981: Best Comic Book at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
- 1983: Best Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel[3]
Notes
- ^ a b c De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Comès". In België gestript, pp. 95-96. Tielt: Lannoo.
- ^ Biography at Casterman Template:Fr icon Last retrieved October 18, 2006
- ^ a b [1] Template:Fr icon Last retrieved October 18, 2006
- ^ Lucca 1980 website Template:It icon Last retrieved October 18, 2006
External links
- Biography at his publisher Casterman Template:Fr icon Last retrieved October 18, 2006
- Biography at Comiclopedia Last retrieved October 18, 2006
- Fanpage about Comès Template:Fr icon Last retrieved October 18, 2006
Sources
- Béra, Michel; Denni, Michel; and Mellot, Philippe (1998): "Trésors de la Bande Dessinée 1999-2000". Paris, Les éditions de l'amateur. ISBN 2-85917-258-0