Pierre-Yves Gabrion

Pierre-Yves Gabrion was born in Morocco and spent most of his early years in Guyana. There, he began working as a journalist for television and the press. From 1975, he cooperated on the monthly Pacte and began illustrating for some juvenile magazines, such as Totoche Poche, Placid et Muzo Poche, Bugs Bunny, Yataka and Akim. He created his first gag series in the magazine Amis-Coop, called 'Galapinages'. From 1977, Gabrion's work was also present in Pistil and Djin. A year later, he took on a comic adaptation of the television series 'Les Aventures d'Ulysse'. From 1979 to 1981, he wrote scenarios with Disney characters for Le Journal de Mickey and did game pages for Picsou under the pseudonym Gabs. In 1981, he did the daily 'Rat-le-Bol' strip for Combat Socialiste.

From 1983, he was present in Spirou with the series 'Les Pensionnaires' and 'Le Chevalier Blanc'. As a scenarist, he wrote 'Tahoré, le Petit Tahitien' for Curd Ridel. During this period, he started an art studio with fellow artists Frédéric Garcia, Régis Loisel and Claude Lacroix (Atelier Bergame). He cooperated on the magazines of the Milan groupe ('Mareel' in Mikado, 'Tom, Max et Charlotte' in Diabolo). In 1987 and 1989, he produced his first two albums as an allround author in the series 'Les Mémoires du Capitain Moulin-Rouge'. In 1990, Gabrion temporarily abandoned the humorous genre and developed the semi-realistic 'L'Homme de Java' at Vents d'Ouest. In addition, he drew for the magazines Brazil ('Les Rameaux de Salicorne') and Gotham ('Shekawati'). From 1998, he was present at Casterman with 'Salicorne', 'Scott Zombi' and 'Phil Koton'.