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Chaland, Œuvres Complètes #2
Chaland Anthology #2: Freddy Lombard
Freddy Lombard and friends go on adventures spanning from war-torn Budapest to an atomic airplane! These classic stories exhibit the elegant design and expressive line that made Chaland a legend among cartoonists and animators worldwide! Second volume of the acclaimed series by European "ligne claire" legend Yves Chaland.
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128 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1996
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About the author
Yves Chaland
50 books11 followersYves Chaland (French: [iv ʃalɑ̃] was a French cartoonist. He was a master of the ligne-clair style
During the 1980s, together with Luc Cornillon, Serge Clerc and Floc'h, he launched the Atomic style, a stylish remake of the Marcinelle School in Franco-Belgian comics.
Chaland published his first strips in the fanzine Biblipop 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.
In 1978, they met writer/editor Jean-Pierre Dionnet who hired them for his comics magazines Métal Hurlant and Ah Nana. These pastiches of 50s comics have been collected in the album Captivant. In September 1979 he married designer Isabelle Beaumenay-Joannet.
He then created the characters of Bob Fish, Adolphus Claar, Freddy Lombard, and Le Jeune Albert, a scamp character living in the Marolles, a working-class area of Brussels.
Yves Chaland, was approached to draw an adventure of Spirou et Fantasio, appearinging in half-page installments of the weekly Spirou magazine. Done in a retro 50s style similar to his influences Jijé and André Franquin, both former artists on the Spirou 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 a car wreck, at the age of 33.
During the 1980s, together with Luc Cornillon, Serge Clerc and Floc'h, he launched the Atomic style, a stylish remake of the Marcinelle School in Franco-Belgian comics.
Chaland published his first strips in the fanzine Biblipop 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.
In 1978, they met writer/editor Jean-Pierre Dionnet who hired them for his comics magazines Métal Hurlant and Ah Nana. These pastiches of 50s comics have been collected in the album Captivant. In September 1979 he married designer Isabelle Beaumenay-Joannet.
He then created the characters of Bob Fish, Adolphus Claar, Freddy Lombard, and Le Jeune Albert, a scamp character living in the Marolles, a working-class area of Brussels.
Yves Chaland, was approached to draw an adventure of Spirou et Fantasio, appearinging in half-page installments of the weekly Spirou magazine. Done in a retro 50s style similar to his influences Jijé and André Franquin, both former artists on the Spirou 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 a car wreck, at the age of 33.
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September 12, 2022
Barely *** for me.
Holiday in Budapest:
The characters too often annoyed me and the plot had me confused the entire way through to the point of getting angry and wishing for the end. I just don't like how he writes and he proved what an asshat he was about it when I reached the backmatter*.
F-52:
Much better- I understood all and it was captivating.
*after the stories (on page 117) he is quoted: "I believe in treating the reader badly, in making sure he never forgets that the author is in charge."
Holiday in Budapest:
The characters too often annoyed me and the plot had me confused the entire way through to the point of getting angry and wishing for the end. I just don't like how he writes and he proved what an asshat he was about it when I reached the backmatter*.
F-52:
Much better- I understood all and it was captivating.
*after the stories (on page 117) he is quoted: "I believe in treating the reader badly, in making sure he never forgets that the author is in charge."
November 25, 2012
Two story lines in this volume. Both stories are centered on the character Freddy Lombard and his friends Dina and Sweep. The first deals the the Soviet invasion of Hungary, and the second an atomic power passenger plane. The story Hungary takes place in Budapest. This story seemed somewhat disjointed. The second story involved the first flight a an atomic powered plane and its inaugural flight nonstop Paris to Australia - 24 hours total airtime. This plane is large enough to carry all of its passengers cars, no mean feat! As usual the trio get into their usual troubles. Nice graphics.
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