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Belgian comic book creator
Hermann Huppen
(born 17 July 1938) is a
Belgian
comic book creator
. He is better known under his pen-name
Hermann
. He is most famous for his
post-apocalyptic
comic
Jeremiah
which was made into a
television series
.
Biography
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Hermann was born in 1938 in Beverce (now a part of
Malmedy
) in
Liege Province
.
[1]
After studying to become a furniture maker and working as interior architect, Hermann made his debut as comic book artist in 1964 in the
Franco-Belgian comics
magazine
Spirou
with a four-page story.
Greg
noticed his talent and offered him to work for his studio. In 1966, he began illustrating the
Bernard Prince
series written by Greg, published in
Tintin
magazine. In 1969, also in collaboration with Greg, he began the western series
Comanche
. This appeared at the same time as other western series such as
Blueberry
.
Hermann began writing his own stories in 1977, starting the post-apocalyptic
Jeremiah
series, which is still produced today. In the same period, he also made three albums of
Nick
, inspired by
Little Nemo in Slumberland
, for
Spirou
.
[1]
In 1983 he began a new series,
Les Tours de Bois-Maury
, which is set in the
Middle Ages
and is less focused on action than his other works.
Hermann has also created many non-series
graphic novels
sometimes together with his son Yves H. One of them,
Lune de Guerre
, with a story by
Jean Van Hamme
, was later filmed as
The Wedding Party
[
de
]
by
Dominique Deruddere
.
[2]
Hermann is characterized by a realistic style and stories that are both somber and angry, with a sense of disillusion with regards to the human character in general, and current society more specifically.
[1]
Awards
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- - nominated for Best Drawing at the Haxtur Awards
- 1999: nominated for Best Drawing and Best Cover at the Haxtur Awards
- 2001:
Best Drawing
at the Haxtur Awards
- - nominated for Best Short Comic Strip and Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
- 2002:
Grand Prix Saint-Michel
- - nominated for Best Short Comic Strip and Best Drawing at the Haxtur Awards
Selected bibliography
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All of these comics have been published in French, Dutch and German: other translations are noted in the "remarks" column.
Series
|
Years
|
Volumes
|
Written by
|
Editor
|
Remarks
|
Bernard Prince
|
1969?1980,
2010
|
14
|
Greg
and
Yves H. (Vol. 18)
|
Le Lombard
and
Dargaud
|
Translated into German;
[4]
Translated into Danish;
[5]
Translated into Serbian; Translated into Swedish;
[6]
Translated into Tamil by
Lion Comics
; Translated into Polish.
Volumes 1-13 (Greg/Hermann), volumes 14-15 (Greg/Danny), volumes 16-17 (Greg/Aidan), volume 18 (Hermann/Yves H.)
|
Comanche
|
1972?1983
|
10
|
Greg
|
Le Lombard and Dargaud
|
Continued by Rouge for five more stories; Translated into Serbian; Translated into Tamil by
Lion Comics
; Translated into Polish
|
Jugurtha
|
1975?1977
|
2
|
Vernal
|
RTP, Le Lombard and Dargaud
|
|
Jeremiah
|
1979-
|
39
|
Hermann
|
Fleurus
, Edi-3,
Novedi
,
Hachette
, and
Dupuis
|
Translated into Serbian; translated into Polish; volumes 1 & 4 translated into English and published by
Fantagraphics
in 1983 under the titles
The Survivors: Talons of Blood
and
The Survivors: The Eyes That Burned
;
Jeremiah 13: Strike
published by
Catalan Communications
in 1990.
Jeremiah: Gun in the Water
and
Jeremiah: Mercenaries
published by
Strip Art Features
(SAF) in 2002 and 2003. A new series began in March 2012, collecting 3 of the original French language tomes in each hardcover edition; the series is being simultaneously published in English (as
The Jeremiah Omnibus
by SAF and
Dark Horse Comics
), German (as
Jeremiah Integrale
by Kult Editionen), Italian (as
Jeremiah. Ediz. integrale
by Linea Chiara), and Spanish (as
Jeremiah Integral
by Planeta DeAgostini Comics).
|
Alerte aux pirates
|
1980
|
1
|
Yves Duval
and Step
|
Bedescope
|
|
Les Dalton
|
1980
|
1
|
Yves Duval
|
Bedescope
|
|
Hey, Nick! Are you dreaming
|
1981?1983
|
3
|
Morphee
|
Dupuis
|
Translated into English by SAF Comics 2003
|
Les Tours de Bois-Maury
(
The Towers of Bois-Maury
)
|
1984?2021
|
16
|
Hermann (vols 12-15 written by Yves H.)
|
Glenat
|
Translated into Danish, Serbocroatian and Polish, published in English by Titan Books
[4]
Volumes 1 published in English by Titan Books 1984; Volumes 1 & 2 published in English by Titan Books 1989; Volumes 1-3 translated into English by Catalan Communications 1990 and Volumes 1 and 2 republished by SAF Comics in 2002.
Volumes 11-15 are named Bois-Maury, as opposed to the original naming of the first 10 volumes.
|
Abominations
|
1988
|
1
|
Hermann
|
Glenat
|
Published in English in 1990 by Catalan Communications
[4]
|
Missie Vandisandi
|
1991
|
1
|
Hermann
|
Dupuis
|
|
Sarajevo Tango
|
1995
|
1
|
Hermann
|
Dupuis
|
The first book Hermann made in direct color.
|
Le secret des hommes-chiens
|
1995
|
1
|
Yves Huppen
|
Dupuis
|
First collaboration with his son Yves
|
Caatinga
|
1997
|
1
|
Hermann
|
Le Lombard
|
|
Wild bill is Dead
|
1999
|
1
|
Hermann
|
Dupuis
|
Translated into English by SAF Comics 2003
|
Liens de sang
|
2000
|
1
|
Yves H.
|
Le Lombard
|
Published in English by Dark Horse Comics
[4]
|
Lune de guerre
|
2000
|
1
|
Jean Van Hamme
|
Dupuis
|
Translated into Polish.
|
Manhattan Beach 1957
|
2002
|
1
|
Yves H.
|
Le Lombard
|
Translated into English by SAF Comics 2003
|
Zhong Guo
|
2003
|
1
|
Yves H.
|
Dupuis
|
|
The girl from Ipanema
|
2005
|
1
|
Yves H.
|
Le Lombard
|
Translated to Danish
|
Sur les traces de Dracula : Vlad l'empaleur
|
2006
|
1
|
Yves H.
|
Casterman
|
Translated to Danish; Translated into Serbian
|
La vie exageree de l'Homme Nylon
|
2007
|
1
|
Hans-Michael Kirstein
|
Le Lombard
|
|
Afrika
|
2007
|
1
|
Hermann
|
Le Lombard
|
Danish translation by Faraos Cigarer
Translated into English by SAF Comics and published in USA by Dark Horse 2012
[7]
|
Le diable des sept mers
|
2008?2009
|
2
|
Yves H.
|
Dupuis
|
|
Une nuit de pleine lune
|
2011
|
1
|
Yves H.
|
Glenat
|
Retour au Congo
|
2013
|
1
|
Yves H.
|
Glenat
|
|
Station 16
|
2014
|
1
|
Yves H.
|
Le Lombard
|
Translated into Polish.
|
Sans pardon
|
2015
|
1
|
Yves H.
|
Le Lombard
|
Translated into Polish.
|
Old Pa Anderson
|
2016
|
1
|
Yves H.
|
Le Lombard
|
|
Le Passeur
|
2016
|
1
|
Yves H.
|
Dupuis
|
.
|
Duke
|
2017-
|
7
|
Yves H.
|
Le Lombard
|
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