Guy Peellaert (b. 1934).
Website.
Lambiek.
Pravda/Jodelle article.
Belgian advertising illustrator Guy Peellaert was one of the first cartoonists to embrace Pop Art and incorporate Andy Warhol's appropriation of mass market iconography into his work. His first comic, Les aventures de Jodelle, (Jodelle's likeness based after yé-yé chanteuse Sylvie Vartan) appeared in 1966, swiftly followed by 'Pravda la Survireuse' (her visage modelled after Françoise Hardy) for the magazine 'Hara-Kiri' in 1967.
Peellaert recently art directed this animation, based on 'Pravda'.
Selected Pages from Pravda:
In addition to his regular comics work, Peellaert designed a number of record sleeves and in 1967 created images for the movie Jeu de Massacre (aka 'Comic Strip Movie', aka 'The Killing Game'), directed by Alain Jessua, starring Jean-Pierre Cassel & Claudine Auger.
After contributing a number of photo collage-based style strips to 'Hara-Kiri', Peellaert adopted a photo-realistic airbrush style and made a successful return to advertising and illustration; most notably on David Bowie's 'Diamond Dogs' LP cover and 'Rock Dreams', his collaboration with rock journalist Nick Cohn.
Website.
Lambiek.
Pravda/Jodelle article.
Belgian advertising illustrator Guy Peellaert was one of the first cartoonists to embrace Pop Art and incorporate Andy Warhol's appropriation of mass market iconography into his work. His first comic, Les aventures de Jodelle, (Jodelle's likeness based after yé-yé chanteuse Sylvie Vartan) appeared in 1966, swiftly followed by 'Pravda la Survireuse' (her visage modelled after Françoise Hardy) for the magazine 'Hara-Kiri' in 1967.
Peellaert recently art directed this animation, based on 'Pravda'.
Selected Pages from Pravda:
In addition to his regular comics work, Peellaert designed a number of record sleeves and in 1967 created images for the movie Jeu de Massacre (aka 'Comic Strip Movie', aka 'The Killing Game'), directed by Alain Jessua, starring Jean-Pierre Cassel & Claudine Auger.
After contributing a number of photo collage-based style strips to 'Hara-Kiri', Peellaert adopted a photo-realistic airbrush style and made a successful return to advertising and illustration; most notably on David Bowie's 'Diamond Dogs' LP cover and 'Rock Dreams', his collaboration with rock journalist Nick Cohn.
Labels: 60s, Belgian, Comic books, Guy Peellaert
posted by Will Kane at
10:54 AM
3 Comments:
I have the original comic book of Pravda. it's really good!
i have the german issue of jodelle, but it's rather rotten.
i'd buy a re-issue, if there was one...
awesome post!
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