Hermann Huppen

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Hermann
Birth name Hermann Huppen
Born July 17, 1938 (1938-07-17) (age 69)
Liège, Belgium
Nationality Belgian
Area(s) artist, writer
Notable works Jeremiah
Les Tours de Bois-Maury
Awards full list

Hermann Huppen (born July 17, 1938) is a Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic Jeremiah which was made into a television series.

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[edit] Biography

William, original cover of the 7th issue of the Les Tours de Bois-Maury series
William, original cover of the 7th issue of the Les Tours de Bois-Maury series

Hermann was born in 1938 in Bévercé near Liège.[1] After studying to become a furniture maker and working as interior architect, Hermann made his debut as comic book artist in 1964 in the comics magazine Spirou with a four page story. Greg noticed his talent and offered him to work for his studio. In 1966, he began illustrating the Bernard Prince series written by Greg, published in the comic magazine Tintin periodical. In 1969, also in collaboration with Greg, he began the western series Comanche. This appeared at the same time as other western series such as Blueberry.

Hermann began writing his own stories in 1977, starting the post-apocalyptic Jeremiah series, which is still produced today. In the same period, he also made three albums of Nick, inspired by Little Nemo in Slumberland, for Spirou.[1] In 1983 he began a new series, Les Tours de Bois-Maury, which is set in the Middle Ages and is less focused on action his other works.

Hermann has also created many non-series graphic novels sometimes together with his son Yves H.. One of them, Liens de Sang, with a story by Jean Van Hamme, was later filmed as The Wedding Party by Dominique Deruddere.[2]

Hermann is characterized by a realistic style and stories that are both sombre and angry, with a sense of disillusion with regards to the human character in general, and current society more specifically.[1]

[edit] Selected bibliography

Most of these comics have been published in French and Dutch: other translations are noted in the "remarks" column.

Series Years Volumes Written by Editor Remarks
Bernard Prince 1969-1980 14 Greg Le Lombard and Dargaud Translated into German[3]
Comanche 1972-1983 10 Greg Le Lombard and Dargaud Continued by Rouge for four more stories
Jugurtha 1975-1977 2 Vernal RTP, Le Lombard and Dargaud
Jeremiah 1979- 28 Hermann Fleurus, Edi-3, Novedi, Hachette, and Dupuis Volume 1 and 4 translated into English and published by Fantagraphics 1983 under the titles 'The Survivors - Talons of Blood' and 'The Survivors - The Eyes That Burned'. 'Jeremiah 13 - Strike' published by Catalan Communications 1990. Jeremiah - Gun in the water and Jeremiah - Mercenaries published by SAF Comics 2002 and 2003.
Alerte aux pirates 1980 1 Yvs Duval and Step Bédéscope
Les Dalton 1980 1 Yves Duval Bédéscope
Hey, Nick! Are you dreaming 1981-1983 3 Morphée Dupuis Translated into English by SAF Comics 2003
Les Tours de Bois-Maury (The Towers of Bois-Maury) 1984-2006 13 Hermann Glénat Volume 12 written by his son Yves H.: translated into Danish, published in English by Titan Books[3]

Volume 13 also written by Yves H.
Volumes 1 published in English by Titan Books 1984; Volumes 1 & 2 published in English by Titan Books 1989; Volumes 1-3 translated into English by Catalan Communications 1990 and Volumes 1 and 2 republished by SAF Comics in 2002
Abominations 1988 1 Hermann Glénat Published in English in 1990 by Catalan Communications[3]
Missié Vandisandi 1991 1 Hermann Dupuis
Sarajevo Tango 1995 1 Hermann Dupuis The first book Hermann made in direct color.
Le secret des hommes-chiens 1995 1 Yves Huppen Dupuis First collaboration with his son Yves
Caatinga 1997 1 Hermann Le Lombard
Wild bill is Dead 1999 1 Hermann Dupuis Translated into English by SAF Comics 2003
Liens de sang 2000 1 Yves H. Le Lombard Published in English by Dark Horse Comics[3]
Lune de guerre 2000 1 Jean Van Hamme Dupuis
Manhattan Beach 1957 2002 1 Yves H. Le Lombard Translated into English by SAF Comics 2003
Shong Guo 2003 1 Yves H. Dupuis
The girl from Ipanema 2005 1 Yves H. Le Lombard
Sur les traces de Dracula : Vlad l'empaleur 2006 1 Yves H. Casterman
La Vie exagerée de l'Homme Nylon 2007 1 Hans-Michael Kirstein Le Lombard
Afrika 2008 1 Hermann Le Lombard

[edit] Awards

- nominated for Best Drawing at the Haxtur Awards
  • 1999: nominated for Best Drawing and Best Cover at the Haxtur Awards
  • 2001: Best Drawing at the Haxtur Awards
- nominated for Best Short Comic Strip and Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
  • 2002: Grand Prix Saint-Michel
- nominated for Best Short Comic Strip and Best Drawing at the Haxtur Awards

[edit] Sources

Footnotes
  1. ^ a b c De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Hermann". In België gestript, pp. 124-125. Tielt: Lannoo.
  2. ^ Hermann Huppen at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ^ a b c d Michigan State University Libraries. Index to the Comic Art Collection: "Herma" to "Hermus". Retrieved on 2007-02-14.

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