
Born in Paris in 1954, Jean-Pierre Gibrat studied philosophy, publicity art and plastic art, before making the switch to comics in the second half of the 1970s. has published in various magazines, such as Pilote, Fluide Glacial and Charlie Mensuel. He published his first short stories in Pilote, and these were also collected in the 1980 album 'Visions Futées' by Dargaud. With Jackie Berroyer, he created 'Goudard' in B.D. in 1978, a series that was continued subsequently in Charlie Mensuel and Fluide Glacial.
In 1995, Gibrat made 'Pinocchia', an erotic female version of Collodi's famous character, written by Francis Leroi and published in L'Écho des Savanes. In the following year, he associated himself with Daniel Pecqueur and made 'Marée Basse' in the collection Long Courrier of Dargaud. Gibrat then switched to the Aire Libre collection of Dargaud, and produced the World War II diptych 'Le Sursis' in 1997 and 1999, his first project as an all-round author. He continued the theme in 'Le Vol du Corbeau', a second diptych published in the same collection in 2002 and 2005.
Gibrat's illustrations are meticulously drawn, with great attention to detail, reflecting the architecture and fashion of the time. The books are a historical reconstruction of how the Occupation was experienced in provincial France. Unfortunately the books have not yet (as far as I know) been translated into English but well worth sitting down to, with the dictionairre close at hand.
They are also not books to be given to your young brother, with their adult theme and illustrations.
Après une enfance sans histoires durant laquelle il grandit au sein d'une famille cégétiste, Jean-Pierre
