F'Murr
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| F'Murr | |
| Birth name | Richard Peyzaret |
| Born | March 31, 1946 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 | full list |
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).
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[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. Naphtalène 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
State Tank Wipes Out on the Warpath
- Au loup! (1974, Minoustchine/Dargaud, ISBN 2205042637)
- Le Génie des alpages, (1976, Dargaud, ISBN 2205008811)
- Le Génie des alpages #2, Comme des bêtes, (1976, Dargaud, ISBN 2205008927)
- Le Génie des alpages #3, Barre-toi de mon herbe, (1977, Dargaud, ISBN 2205011553)
- Le Génie des alpages #4, Un grand silence frisé, (1978, Dargaud, ISBN 220501238X)
- Vingt dieux c'est le synode (1979, Artefact, ISBN 2866970047)
- Le Génie des alpages #5, Les Intondables, (1980, Dargaud, ISBN 2205015966)
- Jehanne d'Arc #1, Jehanne au pied du mur, (1980, Casterman, ISBN 2203334045)
- Le Génie des alpages #6, Hi-Yo c'est l'écho, (1981, Dargaud, ISBN 2205019228)
- Porfirio et Gabriel (1980, Futuropolis, ISBN 2737653746)
- Tartine de clous (1981, Dargaud, ISBN 2205023438)
- Le Génie des alpages #7, Tonnerre... et mille sabots!, (1983, Dargaud, ISBN 2205024906)
- Jehanne d'Arc #2, Tim Galère, (1985, Casterman, ISBN 220333424X)
- Robin des boites (1985, Futuropolis, ISBN 2737654505)
- Le Génie des alpages #8, Dans les nuages, (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)
- Le Génie des alpages #9, Après nous... le déluge?, (1989, Dargaud, ISBN 2205036181)
- Le pauvre chevalier (1990, Casterman, ISBN 2203348046)
- Le Génie des alpages #10, Monter, descendre, ça glisse pareil, (1992, Dargaud, ISBN 2205039199)
- Les aveugles (1992, Casterman, ISBN 2203348070)
- Le Génie des alpages #11, Sabotage et paturage, (1995, Dargaud, ISBN 220504253X)
- Le Génie des alpages #12, Bouge tranquille!, (1998, Dargaud, ISBN 2205045911)
- Eloge de la pentitude (2002, Glénat, ISBN 2723437256)
- Le Génie des alpages #13, Cheptel Maudit, (2004, Dargaud, ISBN 2205048872)
- Le Génie des alpages #14, ... Courent dans la montagne, (2007, Dargaud, ISBN)
[edit] Awards
- 1978: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Best Comic Book for Barre-toi de mon herbe [4]
- 1991: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Humour Award for Le pauvre chevalier [5]
[edit] References
- F'murr publications in Pilote, Fluide Glacial and (A SUIVRE) BDoubliées (French)
- F'Murr albums Bedetheque (French)
Footnotes
[edit] External links
- F'Murr biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
- F'Murr biography on Dargaud (French)
- L'art de F'Murr Interview (French)
