Raoul Cauvin
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Raoul Cauvin (born September 26, 1938, in Antoing, Belgium) is a Belgian comics author.
Biography
Raoul Cauvin studied lithography at the Institut Saint-Luc in Tournai. He started working at Dupuis in 1960 as a cameraman for the small animation studio the publishing house had started, working on early Smurfs cartoons and other short movies produced then. After a few years, he started writing comics for others, and has since become one of the most prolific Franco-Belgian comics authors, always staying true to Dupuis. His work is almost always humoristic, but he produces both long (i.e. 44 pages) stories and short gags (between half a page and 6 pages). He makes his scripts in the form of a rudimentary comic, suggesting a page lay-out, and he has also made a few comics completely on his own, but with limited success. His works are often seen as more artisanal than artistic by the critics[Critic (in French) of a recent album by Cauvin. Last accessed June 28th, 2006], but he continues to be very successful; currently writing 11 different series. He lives in Nivelles since 1991. In November 1999, he had published already 237 albums.[French interview from November 1999. Last accessed June 28th, 2006]Selected bibliography
All stories originally appeared in Spirou and published in album by Dupuis unless otherwise stated.
- Agent 212 (Artist: Daniel Kox; 25 albums, since 1975)
- Boulouloum et Guiliguili (Artist: Mazel; 10 albums, between 1979 and 1988)
- Cédric (Artist: Laudec; 20 albums, since 1989)
- CRS=Détresse (Artist: Achdé; 12 albums published by Dargaud, since 1993)
- Cupido (Artist Malik; 18 albums, since 1990)
- Les Femmes en blanc (Artist: Philippe Bercovici; 27 albums, since 1986)
- Godaille et Godasse (Artist: Sandron; 5 albums, between 1982 and 1988)
- Les Grandes amours contrariées (Artist: Philippe Bercovici; 1 album in 1982)
- Les Mousquetaires (Artist: Mazel; 8 albums, between 1972 and 1998)
- Natacha (Artist: François Walthéry; Album #13 in 1988)
- Les Naufragés (Artist: Claire Brétécher; 1 album, in 1968)
- Les Paparazzi (Artist: Mazel; 10 albums, since 1996)
- Pauvre Lampil (Artist: Willy Lambil; 7 albums, between 1977 and 1995)
- Pierre Tombal (Artist: Marc Hardy; 22 albums, since 1986)
- Les Psy (Artist: Bédu; 13 albums, since 1994)
- Sammy (Artist: Berck, later Jean-Pol; 39 albums, since 1972)
- Spirou et Fantasio (Artist: Nic Broca; Albums #30, #31 and #32, between 1983 and 1984)
- Taxi Girl (Artist: Laudec, 2 albums, between 1994 and 1996)
- Les Tuniques Bleues (Artist: Salvérius, later Willy Lambil; 49 albums, since 1968)
- Le Vieux Bleu (Artist: François Walthéry, 1 album, in 1980)
- Les Voraces (Artist: Glem; 5 albums, between 1989 and 1994)
Awards
- 1975: Best Comical Album at the Prix Saint-Michel, Brussels, Belgium for Sammy
- 1976: Best Foreign Author at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
- 2001: Nomination for Best Youth Album at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France for CRS = détresse
- 2006: Nomination for Best Album at the Albert Uderzo Awards in Nîmes, France for Les Tuniques Bleues [Site of the Albert Uderzo Awards. Last accessed June 28th, 2006]
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