Christophe Arleston
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Christophe Arleston | |
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 Christophe Arleston in March 2010 | |
| Born | Christophe Pelinq 14 August 1963 Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Pen name | Scotch Arleston |
| Nationality | French |
Christophe Arleston (born Christophe Pelinq, 14 August 1963) is a French comics writer and editor. He has also worked as Scotch Arleston.[1]
Biography
In his early childhood, Christophe Arleston lived in Madagascar, Macon and Paris before returning to Aix-en-Provence. He studied journalism at Marseille. He started his career by working as a journalist and later in communications. He started writing radio drama for France Inter.
In 1992 he started writing comic book scenes for Soleil Productions. In 1994 he published Lanfeust of Troy. In 1998 he created Lanfeust Mag, a monthly comic strip.
In 2010, he was the bestselling comics author in France, with 1.5 million albums sold that year. Between 1980 and 2010, he was estimated to have sold 12 million albums.[2]
Awards
- 2002: won Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for Best Comic for 9–12 Years Old, for Trolls of Troy
- 2003: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Audience Award, for Trolls of Troy
Bibliography
- Lanfeust of Troy (with Didier Tarquin, Soleil Productions, 1994)
- Trolls of Troy (with Jean-Louis Mourier, Soleil Productions, 1997–)
- Ythaq: The Forsaken World (with Adrien Floch, Soleil Productions, 2005-):
- The Forsaken World
- No Escape
- Le chant d'Excalibur (with Eric Hübsch)
- Sangre (with Adrien Floch)
Notes
- ^ Interview Scotch Arleston, BD Sélection, 5 January 2005 (in French)
- ^ "Arleston, Van Hamme et Uderzo, les "millionnaires" de la BD". TF1. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
References
- Christophe Arleston at Bedetheque (in French)
- Christophe Arleston at BdParadisio (in French)
- Christophe Arleston at the Grand Comics Database
- Christophe Arleston at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Christophe Arleston at Marvel.com
External links
- Lanfeust.com, official site for the Lanfeust series
Interviews
- Interview Croisee de Christophe Arleston et DIidier Tarquin, Evene.fr, December 2006 (in French)
- Interview de Christophe Arleston, ActuSF (in French)
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- Living people
- Writers from Aix-en-Provence
- French journalists
- French comics writers
- Print editors
- French male non-fiction writers