Jacques de Loustal is a French

France

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 comics

Comics

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 artist who uses a painterly style reminiscent of David Hockney

David Hockney

David Hockney, CH, RA, is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, who is based in Bridlington, Yorkshire and Kensington, London....

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Biography

In combination with a career as an illustrator

Illustrator

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, Loustal began working in comics in the late 70s publishing short comics in the comics magazines

Franco-Belgian comics magazines

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 Métal Hurlant

Métal Hurlant

Métal Hurlant is a French comics anthology of science fiction and horror comics stories, created in December 1974 by comics artists Jean Giraud and Philippe Druillet together with journalist-writer Jean-Pierre Dionnet and financial director Bernard Farkas.The four were collectively known as "Les...

, Pilote

Pilote

thumb|Cover of the first Pilote teaser issue, #0.Pilote was a French comics periodical published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major French or Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as Astérix le Gaulois, Blueberry, Achille Talon, and Valérian et...

, Nitro, Chic, Zoulou as well as newspapers such as Libération

Libération

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, usually working with writer Philippe Paringaux. In 1984 Loustal became a frequent contributor to the monthly À Suivre

À Suivre

or was a Franco-Belgian comics magazine published from February 1978 to December 1997 by the Casterman publishing house....

, for which he created Coeurs de Sable, Barney et la Note Bleue, Un Jeune Homme Romantique and Kid Congo.

Partial bibliography

• Arrière saison
• Viviane, Simone et les autres
• Zenata plage
• Carnet de voyages
• Ce qu'il attendait d'elle
• Ciné-Romans
• Touriste de bananes (after text by Georges Simenon
  Georges Simenon
  Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.-Early life and education:...
  
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• Insolite
• La Nuit de l'alligator
• Une vespa, des lunettes noires, une palm beach, elles voudraient en plus que j'ai de la conversation.
• Barney et la note bleue with Philippe Paringaux
• Cœurs de sable with Philippe Paringaux
• New-York Miami with Philippe Paringaux
• Le Sang des voyous with Philippe Paringaux
• Kid Congo with Philippe Paringaux
• Clichés d'amour with Philippe Paringaux
• La Couleur des rêves with Philippe Paringaux
• Soleils de nuit with Philippe Paringaux
• Un garçon romantique with Philippe Paringaux

External links

• Loustal official site
• Loustal international site
• Loustal biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia