Yves Rodier
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Yves Rodier is a Québecois comic strip creator. He always loved comics, but first set out to become a musician or cinematographer. He soon returned to comics. He started out by imitating the work of his favourite author, Hergé, and creating pastiches of The Adventures of Tintin. These copies were illegal and did not earn him much money, though this allowed him to meet many other cartoonists, like Bob de Moor, Jacques Martin and Greg. In 1995, he met Daniel and Richard Houde, and in their magazine 'Pignouf', he started his comic series 'Pignouf et Hamlet', about a boy and his pig. The magazine only lasted for 5 issues, though the series continued.
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[edit] The Tintin Pastiches
Rodier always had a passion for The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé and so he embarked on writing some Tintin stories of his own. These are Tintin pastiches, meaning that they try to imitate the style of Herge. They are illegal as they breach the Tintin copyright owned by the Hergé Foundation (Moulinsart), but some have been published, and they are all found circulating on the internet.
- Tintin and Alph-art
The unfinished Tintin book, Tintin and Alph-art, was unofficially completed by Rodier in black and white. Several groups have coloured it, such as 'Alph-junis', and have translated it into English. It was published in Autumn 1986 and then presented to Moulinsart. Rodier asked that it become an official book but Moulinsart refused. In 1991, Rodier met Bob de Moor, and together they asked for permission to re-draw the book. Moulinsart still disagreed and De Moor died in 1992. Rodier later re-drew certain parts of it to make them more akin to the style of Hergé. This new edition is much rarer and was released on CD-ROM, as opposed to being printed like the original edition.
- A Day at the Airport
Hergé once suggested that a good idea for a his next Tintin story would be to set it in an airport. However, he chose to set it in the art world instead and produced Tintin and Alph-art. Rodier started out a new book called 'A Day at the Airport' though it was abandoned, with the first page leaking onto the web. The plot involves a character from the Tintin stories, General Alcazar, is shot.
- Tintin in Tibet page 27b
Rodier also did an extra page for Herge's Tintin in Tibet which Herge deleted from his comic.
- Tintin, Freelance reporter for Le Petit Vingtième
An idea was put forward, in the Journal de Spirou number 1027, from December 19, 1957, that it would be shown how Tintin got his first major reporting job and went to the U.S.S.R, as shown in the very first Tintin story, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets. Rodier did this 3 page piece and entered it into a local comic competition. He was disqualified for not creating his own character.
- The Witches Lake
This story was entirely thought up by Rodier and is sometimes called "The Sorcerers Lake". It is about a monster in the local lake and is set before Tintin in Tibet.
[edit] Pignouf and Hamlet
The stories of a boy and his pig. Neither have been translated into English. They were done with David.
- The Wild Band
This, the first book, was published in 2000, and it's French name is 'La Bande Sauvage'.
- The Claw of the Tiger
The second book, which was abandoned when Rodier took up his next series. Some of it can be seen on the internet.
[edit] Simon Nian
This series is done with Franćois Corteggiani.
- Decimates and the Screw
Published in June 2005.
- The Demons of Petransac
Published 2006.
- The Cursed Exposure
In preporation.
