Jean Leguay (artist)
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Jean Leguay better known as Jano, is a French comics artist.
Jano studied fine arts in Paris
for three years. His first comic was Kebra in 1978, in collaboration with Bertrand Tramber. It was published in French comic magazines B.D., Métal Hurlant
, Charlie Mensuel
, Rigolo, L'Echo des Savannes and Zoulou. Kebra is a rat-like character, although Jano's protagonists often defy a correct classification as a certain species. Gazoline, a female humanized cheetah, appeared in Kosmik Komiks in 1983. After a trip to Africa in 1984 Jano created Keubla. His style sometimes is compared to Moebius
', but more comical and down-to-earth and with definitely more sex scenes.
In addition to his comics Jano illustrated books for children as well as his own travel experiences. In 2003 Anna Azevedo, Renata Baldo, and Eduardo Souza Lima made the documentary film Rio de Jano, showing Jano exploring Rio de Janeiro
.
Gazoline et la planète rouge won the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album in 1990.
Jano studied fine arts in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
for three years. His first comic was Kebra in 1978, in collaboration with Bertrand Tramber. It was published in French comic magazines B.D., 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...
, Charlie Mensuel
Charlie Mensuel
Charlie Mensuel was a French monthly comics magazine. Its publication began in February 1969, and ceased in February 1986.-History:...
, Rigolo, L'Echo des Savannes and Zoulou. Kebra is a rat-like character, although Jano's protagonists often defy a correct classification as a certain species. Gazoline, a female humanized cheetah, appeared in Kosmik Komiks in 1983. After a trip to Africa in 1984 Jano created Keubla. His style sometimes is compared to Moebius
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud is a French comics artist. Giraud has earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Moebius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist's paintings, for instance the...
', but more comical and down-to-earth and with definitely more sex scenes.
In addition to his comics Jano illustrated books for children as well as his own travel experiences. In 2003 Anna Azevedo, Renata Baldo, and Eduardo Souza Lima made the documentary film Rio de Jano, showing Jano exploring Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
.
Gazoline et la planète rouge won the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album in 1990.
Works
(This list tries to list the comics with their initial title - the same comics were published by different publishers under different titles several times.)Kebra
- Fait comme un rat 1981
- Kebra chope les boules! 1982
- Le zonard des étoiles 1982
- La honte aux trousses 1983
- Kébra Krado Komix 1985
- Les Aventures de Kébra 1997
Other
- Ça Roule 1983
- Carnet D'afrique 1986
- Gazoline et la planète rouge 1989
- Le Pygmée Géant (by Jean-Luc Fromental) 1997
- Kémi - Le Rat De Brousse 1994
- Les Fabuleuses Dérives de Santa Sardinha 1: 1999, 2: 2003
- Bonjour les Indes (with Dodo and Ben Radis) 1991
- Paname 1997
- Rio de Janeiro 2001