Jacques Tardi
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Jacques Tardi in March 2013
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| Born | Jacques Tardi 30 August 1946 Valence, Drôme, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
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Notable works
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Adieu, Brindavoine Adèle Blanc-Sec It Was the War of the Trenches Griffu Ici Même Tueur de cafards |
| Awards | full list |
Jacques Tardi (French: [taʁdi]; born 1946) is a French comics artist. He is often credited solely as Tardi.
Tardi was born on 30 August 1946 in Valence, Drôme. After graduating from the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris, he started writing comics in 1969, at the age of 23, in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote, initially illustrating short stories written by Jean Giraud and Serge de Beketch, before creating the political fiction story Rumeur sur le Rouergue from a scenario by Pierre Christin in 1972.
A highly versatile artist, Tardi successfully adapted novels by controversial writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline and crime novelist Léo Malet. In Malet's case, Tardi adapted his detective hero Nestor Burma into a series of critically acclaimed graphic novels, though he also wrote and drew original stories of his own.
Tardi also created one of French comics' most famous heroines, Adèle Blanc-Sec. This series recreates the Paris of early 20th century where the moody heroine encounters supernatural events, state plots, occult societies and experiments in cryogenics.
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