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Christophe Arleston

Christophe Arleston
Christophe Arleston in March 2010
Christophe Arleston in March 2010
BornChristophe Pelinq
(1963-08-14) 14 August 1963 (age 61)
Aix-en-Provence, France
Pen nameScotch Arleston
NationalityFrench

Christophe Arleston (born Christophe Pelinq, 14 August 1963) is a French comics writer and editor. He has also worked as Scotch Arleston.[1]

Biography

In his early childhood, Christophe Arleston lived in Madagascar, Macon and Paris before returning to Aix-en-Provence. He studied journalism at Marseille. He started his career by working as a journalist and later in communications. He started writing radio drama for France Inter.[citation needed]

In 1992 he started writing comic books for Soleil Productions. In 1994 he published Lanfeust of Troy. In 1998 he created Lanfeust Mag, a monthly comic strip. Since 2021, he is the head of Drakoo Editions, a fantasy comics publishing house.[citation needed]

In 2010, he was the bestselling comics author in France, with 1.5 million albums sold that year. Between 1980 and 2023, he was estimated to have sold 15 million albums.[2]

Awards

  • Prix Humour at festival de Solliès-Ville 1993 for Léo Loden T.3 : Adieu ma joliette
  • Prix Jeunesse at festival d’Illzach 1993 and prix Microfolie’s at festival de Maisons-Laffitte for Léo Loden T.4 : Grillade provençale
  • Prix du meilleur scénario at festival de Chambéry 1998 for Trolls de Troy T.2 : Le Scalp du vénérable
  • Won the Alph-Art Jeunesse 9–12 ans at Angoulême International Comics Festival
    • 1998 for Trolls de Troy T.1 : Histoires trolles
    • 2000 for Lanfeust de Troy T.7 : Les pétaures se cachent pour mourir[3]
    • 2002 for Trolls de Troy T.5 : Les Maléfices de la Thaumaturge
  • Prix jeunesse at la Foire du livre de Saint-Louis in 2011 for Lord of Burger
  • Prix Livrentête 2011, for Lord of Burger

Bibliography

  • Lanfeust of Troy (8 tomes with Didier Tarquin, Soleil Productions, 1994–2000)
  • Lanfeust des Étoiles (8 tomes with Didier Tarquin, Soleil Productions, 2001–2008)
  • Lanfeust Odyssey (10 tomes with Didier Tarquin, Soleil Productions, 2009–2018)
  • Cixi de Troy (3 tomes with Olivier Vatine, Soleil Productions, 2009–2011)
  • Trolls of Troy (with Jean-Louis Mourier, Soleil Productions, 1997–)
  • Le Monde de Troy (4 tomes, Soleil Productions, 1998–2003)
  • Les Conquérants de Troy (4 tomes with Ciro Tota, Soleil Productions, 2005–2014)
  • Les Guerrières de Troy (2 tomes with Dany, Soleil Productions, 2010–2013)
  • Légendes de Troy (9 tomes, Soleil Productions, 2009–2014)
  • Gnomes de Troy (4 tomes, Soleil Productions, 2000–2014)
  • Les Forêts d'Opale (12 tomes, Soleil Productions, 2000–2020)
  • Ythaq: The Forsaken World (with Adrien Floch, Soleil Productions, 2005–2019)
  • Ekhö Monde Miroir (10 tomes with Alessandro Barbucci, Soleil Productions, 2013–2020)
  • Les Elfes Noirs (5 tomes with Daniela Dimat, Soleil Productions, 2014–2019)
  • Danthrakon (3 tomes with Olivier Boiscommun, Drakoo Editions, 2019–2020)
  • Les Feux d'Askell (3 tomes with Jean-Louis Mourier, Soleil Productions, 1993–1995)
  • Le chant d'Excalibur (6 tomes with Eric Hübsch, Soleil Productions, 1998–2010)
  • Les Maîtres Cartographes (6 tomes with Paul Glaudel, Soleil Productions, 1992–2002)
  • Sinbad (3 tomes with Pierre Alary, Soleil Productions, 2008–2010)
  • Elixirs (3 tomes with Alberto Varanda, Soleil Productions, 2005–2013)
  • Moréa (6 tomes with Thierry Labrosse, Soleil Productions, 2000–2011)
  • Mycroft Inquisitor (3 tomes with Jack Manini, Soleil Productions, 1995–1998)
  • Odyxes (2 tomes with Steven Lejeune, Soleil Productions, 2014–2016)
  • Léo Loden (25 tomes with Serge Carrère, Soleil Productions, 1992–2017)
  • Lord of Burger (3 tomes with Alessandro Barbucci, Glénat Editions, 2010–2011)
  • Tandori (3 tomes with Curd Ridel, Le Lombard, 1993–1995)
  • Chimères 1887 (5 tomes with Vincent, Glénat Editions, 2011–2016)
  • Sangre (4 tomes, 3 with Floc'h and nr4 with Stefano Vergani, Soleil Productions, 2016-2023, on-going)

Notes

  1. ^ Interview Scotch Arleston, BD Sélection, 5 January 2005 (in French)
  2. ^ "Arleston, Van Hamme et Uderzo, les "millionnaires" de la BD". TF1. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  3. ^ Thierry Groensteen et collectif (2003). Primé à Angoulême : 30 ans de bande dessinée à travers le palmarès du festival (in French). Angoulême: Éditions de l'An 2. p. 103. ISBN 2-84856-003-7.

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