Andreas (comics)

Andreas
Andreas at the Angoulême International Comics Festival 2013
BornAndreas Martens
(1951-01-03) 3 January 1951 (age 73)
Weißenfels, Germany
NationalityGerman
Area(s)artist, writer, colourist
Pseudonym(s)Andreas
Notable works
Cromwell Stone
Capricornus
Rork
AwardsPrix Bonnet d’âne

Andreas, pen name for Andreas Martens, born 3 January 1951 in Weißenfels (Germany). Martens studied in Düsseldorf at the Academy of Fine Arts and at the St. Luc comics school in Belgium, assisting Eddy Paape on Udolfo, before relocating to France.

He made his debut in the magazines (À suivre), Le Journal de Tintin and Heavy Metal. In 2001 he won de Prix Bonnet d’âne[1] at the comic festival Quai des Bulles in Saint-Malo (France) for his entire oeuvre. This includes that he may draw the poster for the next festival.

His genre series include Arq, Cromwell Stone, Cyrrus, Rork and its spin-off, Capricorne, as well as a number of single works such as La Caverne du Souvenir (The Cave of Memory), Coutoo, Dérives (Adrift), Aztèques, and Révélations Posthumes (Posthumous Revelations).[2]

  1. ^ "Andréas". Quai des Bulles. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Andreas, Andreas Martens". lambiek. Retrieved 11 September 2014.