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Damjan
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Italy
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 Posted - 23/12/2004 : 17:03:57
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Unlike most French artists, Jacques Ferrandez (who was born in Algeria, but lived in France) embarked on his comics career with a solo book, 'L'homme au Bigos'. Later on, he began working for various magazines. After a change of style in 1986, he really began realizing his old dream: to tell a moving epic about his fatherland, Algeria, and its fight for independence. Over the years, he produced a series of five books, which depicted Algeria's modern history with sophistication in tasteful watercolors.
While working on this project, Ferrandez found the time to put together a jazz band, which recorded a CD. His love for jazz is reflected in his work, where it is featured prominently. He is unsurpassed in rendering jazzy bars and bands. His colorful work often captures the atmosphere of the sunny south of France, which is why Ferrandez's audience was not too surprised to learn the news about his comics adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's literary classics, 'Jean de Florette' and 'Manon des Sources', which are both firmly set in the region. With the writer Tonino Benacquista he did the one shots 'L'Outremangeur' and 'La Boîte Noire'. |
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