Paul Gillon

Paul Gillon (11 May 1926 – 21 May 2011) was a French comics artist. He won the 1982 Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême.

Born in Paris, he considered fashion, theater and cinema, and only by accident made a career as a comics author. In the magazine Vaillant, he continued the older series Lynx Blanc, and created Fils de Chine and Cormoran. From 1959 until 1972, he drew for France Soir and also did series for the Journal de Mickey.

Together with Jean-Claude Forest, he created the science fiction cosmic opera series Les naufragés du temps (Lost in Time) and in L'Écho des savanes (Echo of the Savannahs) he produced the erotic comics La Survivante (The Survivor) and Jéhanne. He died in Amiens.

Works

Lynx Blanc (White Lynx), in the collection Grandes Aventures Vaillant, 1961 (first published between 1948 and 1957) 11: Tonnerre sur les Îles (Thunder on the Islands) 15: Aventures dans la Brousse (Adventures in the Bushland) Jérémie (published in Pif gadget between 1968 and 1972) Les dieux barbares (The Savage Gods), Lombard, 1973; Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1981 La mijaurée, la mégère et le nabot (The Prim Miss, the Shrew and the Runt), Lombard, 1974; Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1982 Intrigues à la Jamaïque (Intrigue in Jamaica), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1979 Le fort de San-Juan (The Fort of San Juan), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1980

Les naufragés du temps (Lost in Time, first four volumes with Jean-Claude Forest) Les Humanoïdes Associés L'étoile endormie (The Sleeping Star) - 1974 - La mort sinueuse (Sinuous Death) - 1975 - Labyrinthes (Labyrinths) - 1976 - L'univers cannibale (The Cannibal Universe) - 1976 - Tendre chimère (Sweet Dream) - 1977 - Les maîtres-rêveurs (The Dream Masters) - 1978 - Le sceau de Beselek (The Saw of Beselek) - 1979 - Ortho-Mentas - 1981 - Terra - 1984 - Le cryptomère (The Cryptomeria) - 1989 -

Histoire du socialisme en France (History of Socialism in France), Service de l'Homme, 1977 (introduction by François Mitterrand ) With Roger Lecureux: Fils de Chine (Son of China), Glénat, 1978 (first published between 1950 and 1953) Wango, Furioso (Futuropolis Diffusion), 1980 (first published between 1958 and 1960) (Number 13, Hope Street), Les Humanoïdes Associés (with between 1959 and 1972) Volume 1: 1980 Volume 2: 1982 Téva, Les Humanïdes Associés, 1982 (based on a TV series from 1973) Les Léviathans Les Léviathans (The Leviathans), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1982; retitled Le Plan Aspic, Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1990 La dent de l'alligator (Alligator's Tooth), Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1990; Albin Michel, 2000 Réaction en chaîne (Chain Reaction), Albin Michel, 2000

Les Mécanoïdes Associés (The Society of Mechanoids), Humanoïdes Associés, coll. Pied Jaloux, 1982 Capitaine Cormoran (Paul Gillon - complete works part 1), Humanoïdes Associés, 1983 (first published between 1954 and 1959) Moby-Dick, Hachette, 1983 (with Jean Ollivier) Processus de Survie (Process of Survival), Humanoïdes Associés, coll. Pied Jaloux, 1984 Notre-Dame de Paris, Hachette, 1985 (with Claude Gendrot) La survivante (The Survivor) La survivante - October 1985 L’héritier (The Heir) - October 1987 La revanche (Revenge) - April 1990 L’ultimatum (Ultimatum) - November 1991

With Patrick Cothias, Au nom de tous les miens (For Those I Loved), based on Martin Gray Les fourmis (The Ants), Glénat, 1986 Les renards (The Foxes), Glénat, 1987

Jehanne (Joan of Arc), Albin Michel La sève et le sang (Sap and Blood), 1993 La pucelle (The Maiden), 1997

With Denis Lapière, La dernière des salles obscures (The Last of the Dark Halls), Dupuis Part 1: 1996 Part 2: 1998 Le contrat (The Contract), Albin Michel, 2001. La veuve blanche (White Widow), coll. Aire Libre, Dupuis, 2002. With Frank Giroud, Le Décalogue, part 7: La conspiration (The Conspiracy), 2002. With Richard Malka, L'Ordre de Cicéron ("Cicero's Order") Le procès (The Trial), Glénat, 2004 Mis en examen (Cross-examination), Glénat, 2006

With Frank Giroud, Quintet Deuxième mouvement - Histoire d'Alban Méric (Second Movement: the Story of Alban Méric), coll. Empreinte(s), Dupuis, 2005

Awards 1972: Prix Phénix for Jérémie 1974: Prix Phénix for Les Naufragés du temps 1978: Best French Artist at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France 1982: Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême 1986: Grand Prix RTL for Au nom de tous les miens 1986: Special Jury Award at the 17th Lucca Festival 1998: Grand Prix Yellow Kid at the Lucca Festival