Jean-Claude Cassini

Jean-Claude Cassini (December 19, 1968 – October 10, 2023) was a French comic artist.

Biography

Born in Aix-en-Provence in 1968, Cassini studied applied arts in Marseille and became a graphic designer in the horse racing press. In 1996, he published D'Antipolis à Antibes - 2500 ans d'histoire with scriptwriter and Paris, l'histoire en capitale - T. 1 - De boue et de cendres with . In 1998, he designed the western Tequila Desperados with and published by Soleil Productions. He designed the series ' with from 1999 to 2001. In 2002, they collaborated again on Séminole, tome 1 : Le destin de Jasper Unluck, which was abandoned after the first volume.

Returning to the western genre, Cassini designed ' with script by and Hubert Chardot. The work received a positive review from . From 2004 to 2008, he collaborated with Pif Gadget. In the historical genre, he designed Verdun : 21 février 1916 - 18 décembre 1916 with script by Reynald Secher and . In 2009, he released the work Badlands within the series Corpus Hermeticum, which received poor reviews from .

Jean-Claude Cassini died on 10 October 2023, at the age of 55.

Works

Albums

• D'Antipolis à Antibes - 2 500 ans d'histoire (1996)
• Paris, l'histoire en capitale - De boue et de cendres (1996)
• Une boulonnaise (2007)
• Verdun - 21 février 1916 - 18 décembre 1916 (2008)
• 62 auteurs de Boulogne Dessiné (2010)

Bouffe-Doublon

• Le trésor de la Madre de Dios (1999)
• À l'ouest d'Éden (2000)
• À malin, malin et demi (2001)
• Esquisses (2001)

Corpus Hermeticum

• Badlands (2009)

La Dernière Chevauchée

• Black gold (2003)
• Le crépuscule des charognards (2005)

Séminole

• Le destin de Jasper Unluck (2002)

Tequila Desperados

• Tierras calientes (1998)

References