Didier Comès
| Didier Comès | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dieter Hermann Comès 11 December 1942 Sourbrodt, Belgium |
| Died | 7 March 2013 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Le Dieu vivant Ergün l'errant Silence |
Didier Comès (11 December 1942 – 7 March 2013[1]) was a Belgian comics artist, best known for his graphic novels published in the magazine (À Suivre).
Biography
Didier Comès was born as Dieter Hermann Comès in
His breakthrough followed with Silence, a harrowing story featuring a mute 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 lived, are recurring themes in most of his later graphic novels, long unrelated stories in black and white.[2] Comès was early on influenced by fellow Ardennais comic artists René Hausman and Paul Deliège, and would later become friends with his example[clarification needed] Hugo Pratt.
He died, aged 70, in March 2013.
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[4]
- - Yellow Kid for best foreign artist at the Festival of Lucca, Italy
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- 1981: Best Comic Book at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
- 1983: Best Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel[4]
Notes
- ^ "VRT NWS: Nieuws".
- ^ a b c De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Comès". In België gestript, pp. 95–96. Tielt: Lannoo.
- ^ Biography at Casterman (in French) Last retrieved 18 October 2006
- ^ a b [1] Archived 30 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in French) Last retrieved 18 October 2006
- ^ Lucca 1980 website (in Italian) Last retrieved 18 October 2006
External links
- Biography at his publisher Casterman (in French) Last retrieved 18 October 2006
- Biography at Comiclopedia Last retrieved 18 October 2006
- Fanpage about Comès Archived 30 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in French) Last retrieved 18 October 2006
Sources
- Béra, Michel; Denni, Michel; and Mellot, Philippe (1998): "Trésors de la Bande Dessinée 1999–2000". ISBN 2-85917-258-0
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