F'Murr

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F'Murr

Birth name	Richard Peyzaret
Born	March 31, 1946 (age 61) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Area(s)	artist, writer
Pseudonym(s)	F'Murrr
Notable works	Le Génie des alpages Jehanne d'Arc Tartine de clous Le char de l'état dérape sur le sentier de la guerre
Awards	1978 Angoulême Best Comic Book 1991 Angoulême Humour Award

F'Murr or F'Murrr (born March 31, 1946 in Paris) whose real name is Richard Peyzaret, is a French comics creator. He is most famous for the long running series Le Génie des alpages (The Genius of the Mountain Pastures).

1 Biography
2 Bibliography
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Peyzaret grew up as an admirer of Hergé and André Franquin, but studied Applied Arts for six years in Paris before meeting the BD industry, by arriving at the workshop of Raymond Poïvet.^[1] This led to an introduction to René Goscinny and starting work for Pilote in 1971, making his debut with the gags series Contes à Rebours. The unusued boards of this strip later formed the basis of his first album, Au loup!.^[1]

While at Pilote, he began his most famous work, Le Génie des alpages in 1973. This series features an old and a young shepherd, their talking shepherd's dog, a flock of mad sheep and other abnormal characters behaving unpredictably in alpine surroundings. When Pilote ceased publication, the series were issued directly into albums.

He also held a long associations with several of the other francophone serial magazines of this period. Naphtaline was also published in Pilote, Porfirio et Gabriel in Le Canard Sauvage and Circus, Jehanne d'Arc in Métal Hurlant, Robin des Boîtes in Fluide Glacial, and Les Mirrois de Marguerite and Ala et Lolli were created for the Spirou supplement Le Trombone Illustré.^[2]

In 1985 he began the strip Histoires Déplacées in (A SUIVRE) satirizing the ongoing Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. These were collected in the 1987 album named Le char de l'état dérape sur le sentier de la guerre (The State's Tank Slips on the Path of War).^[2]

A few instances of F'Murr translated into the English language were printed in Heavy Metal and National Lampoon magazine in the late 70s.^[3]

[edit] Bibliography

F'Murr's Afghan commentary
State Tank Wipes Out on the Warpath

Au loup! (1974, Minoustchine/Dargaud, ISBN 2205042637)
Le Génie des alpages, Le Génie des alpages #1 (1976, Dargaud, ISBN 2205008811)
Comme des bêtes, Le Génie des alpages #2 (1976, Dargaud, ISBN 2205008927)
Barre-toi de mon herbe, Le Génie des alpages #3 (1977, Dargaud, ISBN 2205011553)
Un grand silence frisé, Le Génie des alpages #4 (1978, Dargaud, ISBN 220501238X)
Vingt dieux c'est le synode (1979, Artefact, ISBN 2866970047)
Les Intondables, Le Génie des alpages #5 (1980, Dargaud, ISBN 2205015966)
Jehanne au pied du mur, Jehanne d'Arc #1 (1980, Casterman, ISBN 2203334045)
Hi-Yo c'est l'écho, Le Génie des alpages #6 (1981, Dargaud, ISBN 2205019228)
Porfirio et Gabriel (1980, Futuropolis, ISBN 2737653746)
Tartine de clous (1981, Dargaud, ISBN 2205023438)
Tonnerre... et mille sabots!, Le Génie des alpages #7 (1983, Dargaud, ISBN 2205024906)
Tim Galère, Jehanne d'Arc #2 (1985, Casterman, ISBN 220333424X)
Robin des boites (1985, Futuropolis, ISBN 2737654505)
Dans les nuages, Le Génie des alpages #8 (1987, Dargaud, ISBN 2205027646)
Le char de l'état dérape sur le sentier de la guerre (1987, Casterman, ISBN 2203334347)
Spirella mangeuse d'écureuils (1988, Khani éditions, ISBN 2907159011)
Après nous... le déluge?, Le Génie des alpages #9 (1989, Dargaud, ISBN 2205036181)
Le pauvre chevalier (1990, Casterman, ISBN 2203348046)
Monter, descendre, ça glisse pareil, Le Génie des alpages #10 (1992, Dargaud, ISBN 2205039199)
Les aveugles (1992, Casterman, ISBN 2203348070)
Sabotage et paturage, Le Génie des alpages #11 (1995, Dargaud, ISBN 220504253X)
Bouge tranquille!, Le Génie des alpages #12 (1998, Dargaud, ISBN 2205045911)
Eloge de la pentitude (2002, Glénat, ISBN 2723437256)
Cheptel Maudit, Le Génie des alpages #13 (2004, Dargaud, ISBN 2205048872)