Jean-François Miniac
Encyclopedia
Jean-François Miniac, better known under his pen name Solidor, is a French comic book creator (writer and artist.). He was born in Paris and lives in France.
After a few drawing lessons taken at Hergé
from 1976 to 1978, in 1987 he had a formal training in the visual arts
at Gobelins (school of image)
,in Paris.
In 1994, Claude Lefrancq, a Belgian comic publisher, asked Rosalind Hicks
to publish Hercule Poirot
's comic book, showing her the Blake and Mortimer
's comic book, Mortimer versus Mortimer. In 1995, with the novelist François Rivière, French Agatha Christie specialist, Miniac drew his first cartoon series, "Agatha Christie", published at Lefrancq publishing, in Edgar P. Jacobs's spirit, in schematic style. It was a success.
After the publisher went bankrupt in 2000, EP publishers ( La Martinière group, Paris) published the comic books, the first one in October 2002 and the second one in February 2003. In four years, 20 000 copies of each have been sold in France ( At the end of 2006, 148 000 copies for all the books ).
In July 2007, Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express were released by Harper Collins UK as a comic strip , adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Solidor. These books will be published by Harper Collins in Australia the first November of this year.
Also, one Jean-François Miniac's ancestor is Louis Duchesne
, a French historian (Académie française
). Marc Tanguy, Saint-Malo's marksman, another ancestor was one of the survivors of the French 74-gun ship Redoutable
at Battle of Trafalgar
in 1805. At present, Miniac is writing his story.
"Need it be saide- the little grey cells solve once more the seemingly insoluble. Mrs Christie makes an improbable tale very real, and keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end." in Literatury supplement Times, 2007.
"The construction is flawless", Daily mail, 2007.
After a few drawing lessons taken at Hergé
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...
from 1976 to 1978, in 1987 he had a formal training in the visual arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
at Gobelins (school of image)
Gobelins (school of image)
Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image or Goblins School of the Image is a Parisian school, located near the Latin Quartier, dedicated to the visual arts. A consular school funded by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris, it provides training in various formats at a variety of different costs...
,in Paris.
In 1994, Claude Lefrancq, a Belgian comic publisher, asked Rosalind Hicks
Rosalind Hicks
Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Hicks was the only child of author Agatha Christie, and from the time of Christie's death in 1976 worked to maintain and strengthen the reputation of her mother as a literary figure, and to protect the integrity of her works.-Death:At her death in 2004, Rosalind Hicks...
to publish Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie. Along with Miss Marple, Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era.Poirot has been portrayed on...
's comic book, showing her the Blake and Mortimer
Blake and Mortimer
Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and comics artist Edgar P. Jacobs. It was one of the first series to appear in the Belgian comics magazine Tintin in 1946, and was subsequently published in book form by Les Editions du Lombard.The main protagonists of the...
's comic book, Mortimer versus Mortimer. In 1995, with the novelist François Rivière, French Agatha Christie specialist, Miniac drew his first cartoon series, "Agatha Christie", published at Lefrancq publishing, in Edgar P. Jacobs's spirit, in schematic style. It was a success.
After the publisher went bankrupt in 2000, EP publishers ( La Martinière group, Paris) published the comic books, the first one in October 2002 and the second one in February 2003. In four years, 20 000 copies of each have been sold in France ( At the end of 2006, 148 000 copies for all the books ).
In July 2007, Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express were released by Harper Collins UK as a comic strip , adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Solidor. These books will be published by Harper Collins in Australia the first November of this year.
Also, one Jean-François Miniac's ancestor is Louis Duchesne
Louis Duchesne
Louis Marie Olivier Duchesne was a French priest, philologist, teacher and a critical historian of Christianity and Roman Catholic liturgy and institutions....
, a French historian (Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
). Marc Tanguy, Saint-Malo's marksman, another ancestor was one of the survivors of the French 74-gun ship Redoutable
Redoutable
At least eleven vessels of the French Navy have borne the name Redoutable . Among them:* Le Redoutable, a project for a ship of the line * Le Redoutable , privateer...
at Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
in 1805. At present, Miniac is writing his story.
English press
- Mulholland Tara, International Herald TribuneInternational Herald TribuneThe International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
, August 22, 2007. - Lane Megan, BBC newsBBC NewsBBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
, August 22, 2007. - Beauman Ned, The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, August 23, 2007.
"Need it be saide- the little grey cells solve once more the seemingly insoluble. Mrs Christie makes an improbable tale very real, and keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end." in Literatury supplement Times, 2007.
"The construction is flawless", Daily mail, 2007.
Awards
- 1997 : Public prize at Creil comics festival, France.
- 2006 : Tournesol prize at Angoulême International Comics FestivalAngoulême International Comics FestivalThe Angoulême International Comics Festival is the largest comics festival in Europe. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, in the month of January.The four-day festival is notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning...
, France.( Amiante, chronique d'un crime social ).
External links
- Jean-François Miniac biography (http://lambiek.net/artists/m/miniac.htm) on Lambiek Comiclopedia.