His several major series made him one of the most prolific script-writers of the beginning of this third millennium: 'Troll' for O.G. Tamiazzo at Delcourt in 2001, 'Lord Clancharlie' with Delestret, etc. Matouba at Editions le Cycliste in 2000, 'La Mandiguerre' for S.

Jarzaguet at Zenda in 19 ('Coka' followed by 'Le Serment d'Hypocrite'), 'La Quête des réponses' (with Phlippe Buchet at Delcourt in 1998), 'Tutti Frutti' for Trantkat at Delcourt in 1999, 'A l'eau!' with G. tôt ou tard' (with Ketchup at Art Scénic in 1997), the two volumes of 'Bunker Baby Doll' with F. The first category includes 'Les Préhistos. He then alternated one-shots and some more ambitious productions. Five albums successively appeared at Glénat, the last in 2000 ('Mémoire vive', 'Gai Jin', 'Mémoires mortes', 'Tiourma', 'Mémoire cachée'). Whamo, still with Zenda, and started working with Sylvain Savoia and Philippe Buchet on the Nomad series. His first album was 'Reflets perdus' ('Diable à quatre') in 1993, illustrated by Sylvain Savoia, published by a small publishing company called Zenda. In the end, he actually became a script-writer, collaborating with numerous young and sometimes unheard-of illustrators. His desire to create futuristic and innovative worlds leads him through the doors of Saint-Luc arts school in Brussels 1989, followed by the academy of fine arts and architecture, with the idea of training as an illustrator. After directing eleven short films for the animated series Yellow Yeti by Gigglebug, Kukkonen has been focusing on directing his first own animated short film, Paddle Boat.Born in Reims in November 1969, at a very young age Jean-David Morvan became competely enraptured with science-fiction literature. Kukkonen is also one of the founding members of the animation association Turun Anikistit. Kukkonen has worked in the animation industry since 2002, focusing on animated commercials, music videos and short films. He’s a partner and one of the founders of the animation studio Pyjama Films. Samppa Kukkonen is an animation director based in Turku, Finland.

JP’s currently developing Belzebubs into an animated series with Pyjama Films and YLE, Finland’s national broadcaster. He’s best known for his black metal webcomic Belzebubs, which has evolved from a self-therapy project into a larger cross-media concept, interweaving comics, animation and music. JP Ahonen is a Finnish comic book artist and illustrator, whose books have been published in over 13 languages. What does the work of adapting comics into animation entail? What kind of problems and happy surprises occurred in the process? TAFF Pro 4: JP Ahonen ja Samppa Kukkonen: Case Belzebubs - From Comics to Animation (Masterclass)Ĭomic book artist JP Ahonen and animation director Samppa Kukkonen tell how the Belzebubs comics turns into animation.

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