Mattt Konture

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Mattt Konture (born September 27, 1965) is a French underground comics author. He is known as a founder of the French publishing house L'Association and as a forerunner of the French autobiographical movement.

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[edit] Life and career

Mattt Konture starts his career a few years before the creation of L’Association. He publishes his first pages in 1982 (at the age of 17) in magazines such as Viper (L’ajeun) and Le Lynx (Les Exploits de Ted with J.C. Menu). When Mattt Konture comes to Paris he edits his first comics, Nerf (1&2) on an old Xerox machine, L’Association will later reprint this first book. His first comics’ book is Ruga Zébo Violent edited by Futuropolis. At this time his drawings are very dark and full of strokes and look like the growing American underground style. Mattt Konture will later discover R.Crumb and in 1988 he will start autobiographical comics such as Krokodile Comix 1 or Galopu that are forerunning the French underground movement. In 1989 M. Konture returns to Lozère where he spent his all childhood. There he draws a few comics and continues Ivan Morve (a pun on “Mort-vivant” living dead). Morve Ivan is a half autobiographical story published in the pages of Psykopat. During the same period M. Konture starts “Jambon blindé” an improvised story asked by one of his friend Blanquet. This new way of telling stories will drive him to draw a series of “comixs” edited by L’Association in the collection Mimolette. “Autopsie d’un mort vivant” that can be translated into autopsy of a living dead is a telling about his life in a very dark way. In these books all his characters reappear; Galopu, Mister VrO and Ivan Morve each of them represents the author’s mood.

[edit] Mattt Konture and the music

Music, rock groups and concerts has always attracted M. Konture. He played in many groups. His original one-man group “Courge” became a real group called “Lucky and the Courges” and they made a few CDs and concerts every where around Montpellier (where he lives).

[edit] Influences

Many authors of “Métal Hurlant” (a comics magazine) have influenced Mattt Konture. As an example we can mention Marc Caro, Doury, Rita Mercedes, Moebius. However Mattt Konture has been inspired by 60’s American underground authors such as Crumb or Shelton they inspired him to create psychedelic and autobiographic comics.

[edit] Works

[edit] Books and Collections

  • Ruga Zébo Violent, AANAL, 1986.
  • Soutterain, Futuropolis, coll. « X », 1988.
  • Supra plus, L'Association, coll. « Patte de Mouche » (1{{re}} version), 1992.
  • Printemps, Automnes, L'Association, coll. « Mimolette », 1993.
  • Jambon Blindé, Chacal Puant, 4 tomes, 1995-1997.
  • Glofluné Triblonto, L'Association, coll. « Patte de Mouche », 1996.
  • Ivan Morve, L'Association, coll. « Éperluette », 1996.
  • Galopinot (story and drawings), with Lewis Trondheim , L'Association, coll. « Patte de Mouche », 1998.
  • Krokrodile comix II, L'Association, coll. « Mimolette », 1999.
  • Tombe (la veste ?), L'Association, coll. « Mimolette », 1999.
  • Head banger forever !?, L'Association, coll. « Mimolette », 2000.
  • Barjouflasque, L'Association, coll. « Mimolette », 2000.
  • Cinq heure du Mattt', L'Association, coll. « Mimolette », 2001.
  • Les Contures, L'Association, coll. « Ciboulette », 2004.
  • Galopu sauve la terre, L'Association, Hors-Collection, 2005.
  • Sclérose en plaques, L'Association, coll. « Mimolette », 2006.
  • Archives - Mattt Konture, L'Association, coll. « Archives », 2006.

[edit] Collectives

  • One page in Raaan, L'Association, adherent gift, 1994.
  • One strip in Hommage à Monsieur Pinpon, L'Association, adherent gift, 1997.
  • Two pages in Le Rab de Comix 2000, L'Association, adherent gift, 1999.
  • Three pages in Comix 2000, L'Association, 1999.
  • « Ivan Morve » in Sponge Comix, 6 pieds sous terre, 2000.
  • a comics strip in Lapins, L'Association, adherent gift, 2000.
  • « Les influences », in Bourrelet Comics, Les loups sont fâchés, 2002.
  • Participates to l'Oupus t. 2, L'Association, coll. « OuBaPo », 2003.
  • Participates to l'Oupus t. 4, L'Association, coll. « OuBaPo », 2005.
  • A drawing in Myxomatose, Myxoxymore, 2006.
  • Cover of Speed Ball
  • A few pages in My way

[edit] Magazines

  • Le Banni, 1988.
  • Lapin, L'Association, 1992-2006.
  • Jade, 6 pieds sous terre, 1995-1996.
  • La Table, auto-édition, 1995-1998.
  • La Monstrueuse, Chacal Puant, 1996.

[edit] Sources

  • Archives Mattt Konture

[edit] External links

Courge web site; http://courgelofi.free.fr/