Pierre Christin

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Pierre Christin

Born	July 27, 1938 (1938-07-27) (age 69) Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France
Nationality	French
Area(s)	writer
Pseudonym(s)	Linus
Notable works	Valérian and Laureline La Ville qui n'existait pas La voyageuse de la petite ceinture Rumeurs sur le Rouerge
Awards	full list

Pierre Christin (born July 27, 1938) is a French comics creator and writer.

1 Biography
2 Awards
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Christin was born at Saint-Mandé.

After graduating from the Sorbonne, Christin pursued graduate studies in political science and became a professor of French literature at the University of Salt Lake City, Utah. His first comics story, Le Rhum du Punch, illustrated by his childhood friend Jean-Claude Mézières, was published in 1966 in Pilote magazine. Christin returned to France the following year to join the faculty of the University of Bordeaux. That year he again collaborated with Mézières to create the science-fiction series Valérian and Laureline for Pilote. The first episode was Les Mauvais Rêves (Bad Dreams).

In addition to the ongoing Valerian, Christin has written several other comics one-shots, including The City That Didn't Exist (Le Ville qui n'existe pas), The Black Order Brigade (Les Phalanges de l'ordre noir) and The Hunting Party (Partie de chasse). Among the many European comics artist he has collaborated with are Enki Bilal, Jacques Tardi, Alexis, Raymond Poïvet, Jijé, Annie Goetzinger, Daniel Ceppi, and François Boucq. He has also written screenplays and science-fiction novels.