Jacques Tardi
Jacques Tardi (born 30 August 1946) is a French comic 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 drawing 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. In the English language, many of Tardi's books are published by Fantagraphics Books, edited and translated by Fantagraphics' co-founder Kim Thompson. In 2013, Tardi was nominated as a Chevalier in France's Legion of Honour, the country's highest distinction. However, he turned down the distinction, citing that he will "remain a free man and not be held hostage by any power whatsoever." Source: Article "Jacques Tardi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- 2023 · Étienne Robial, un spécimen de caractère(s) as Self - Cartoonist
- 2017 · The Clouzot Scandal as Self
- 2017 · Là où poussent les coquelicots as Self
- 2006 · Tardi in black and white as Self
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1983 · Pourquoi l'étrange monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? as Self
- 1975 · Apostrophes as Self