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Jacques de Loustal

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Loustal
Loustal in 2015.
BornJacques de Loustal
(1956-04-10) 10 April 1956 (age 68)
Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France
NationalityFrench
Area(s)artist, writer, colourist
Notable works
New York Miami
Clichés d'Amour
Barney and the Blue Note
The Boys of Sheriff Street ("Les Frères Adamov")

Jacques de Loustal (born 10 April 1956) is a French comics artist who uses a painterly style reminiscent of David Hockney.

Biography

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In combination with a career as an illustrator, Loustal began working in comics in the late 1970s publishing short comics in the Franco-Belgian comics magazines Métal Hurlant, Pilote, Nitro, Chic, Zoulou as well as newspapers such as Libération, usually working with writer Philippe Paringaux [fr].[1] In 1984 Loustal became a frequent contributor to the monthly À Suivre magazine, for which he created Coeurs de Sable, Barney et la Note Bleue, Un Jeune Homme Romantique and Kid Congo.

Partial bibliography

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Panels from New York Miami
  • Arrière saison
  • Viviane, Simone et les autres
  • Zenata plage
  • Carnet de voyages
  • Ce qu'il attendait d'elle
  • Ciné-Romans
  • Touriste de bananes (after text by Georges Simenon)
  • Insolite
  • La Nuit de l'alligator
  • Une vespa, des lunettes noires, une palm beach, elles voudraient en plus que j'ai de la conversation.
  • Barney et la note bleue with Philippe Paringaux
  • Cœurs de sable with Philippe Paringaux
  • New-York Miami with Philippe Paringaux
  • Le Sang des voyous with Philippe Paringaux
  • Kid Congo with Philippe Paringaux
  • Clichés d'amour with Philippe Paringaux
  • La Couleur des rêves with Philippe Paringaux
  • Soleils de nuit with Philippe Paringaux
  • Un garçon romantique with Philippe Paringaux

English books

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  • The Boys of Sheriff Street with Philippe Paringaux - 2016
  • What he expected of her - 2002
  • Java in the Shadow of Merapi with Jean-Luc Coatalem - 1996
  • New York, Miami with Philippe Paringaux - 1990
  • Barney and the Blue Note with Philippe Paringaux - 1988
  • Love Shots with Philippe Paringaux - 1988
  • Hearts of Sand with Philippe Paringaux - 1985

Notes

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  1. ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Loustal".

References

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