26
july 2010
Lhahl statue: a new sketch...
Cosey made this new sketch for the Lhahl
statue (the modern part), for which sculpting has started. Compare the new sketch with the
original one below and you will probably find that the sitting position of Lhahl has
become physically possible (or at least somewhat easier). Try for yourself!
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28
june 2010
Lhahl statue: the work has started
The sculptor Max Gillespie (Les Sculpteurs
De Bulles) has started the preparatory work for the Lahl statue (see my earlier news
below).Gillespie and Cosey have decided that the
statue will consits of two separate statues: the 'traditional' Lhahl and the 'modern'
Lhahl. The owner of the statues can choose how to put the statues together: face to face,
side by side or back to back (the original idea).
If all goes well, the statue will be available by the end
of this year.
 Click here for the website of 'Les sculpteurs de bulles'
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14
june 2010
60 years ago...
... a baby Bernard was born in Lausanne.
Some 20 - 25 years later, comic lovers would know him as Cosey. Happy birthday!
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30
may 2010
Intégrale 4
This is the cover of the 4th volume of the Jonathan
Intégrale. Although two of the stories play in the USA ('Oncle Howard est de retour' and
'Greyshore Island'), Cosey has chosen the Himalayan setting of 'Celui qui mène...'.This will be the last Intégrale... we have to wait for a 15th
Jonathan album before a fifth Intégrale will appear.
You will find this 4th Intégrale in your bookshop in
June.
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19
may 2010
Cosey and Derib about Hergé
As you might know, there is a law suit in Brussels against
'Tintin au Congo' - a Congolese man demands prohibition of the 1931 album by Hergé. In an
article and a 'infocast' on '24 Heures' (the Lausanne based newspaper), Derib and Cosey
talk about this law suit.This photo goes with the
article: reunion of two old friends in Derib's atelier.
© Odile Meylan/24 Heures
Click here for the article |
22
april 2010
Jonathan Intégrale Volume 4
The fourth volume of the Jonathan Intégrale is announced
for June 2010. This volume will contain the stories 'Oncle Howard est de retour',
'Greyshore Island' and 'Celui qui mène les fleuves à la mer'. |
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april 2010
Les Guetteurs du passé
Cosey made the book cover for 'Les Guetteurs du passé', a
novel by Yves Blanc. The book is about a historian who, in a future era, will investigate
our present. On the back of the book is another drawing by Cosey - a portrait of the
book's author.Yves Blanc is the driving force
behind many musical initiatives. Among others the radio show and cd collection 'La
Planète Bleue'. Cosey made cover and booklet illustrations for the Volume 3 cd of this
collection in 2005. As you see, some elements of this cover were retaken in the book
cover.
 
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2
march 2010
Lhahl statue: sketches
Cosey has made sketches for the Lhahl statue that will be
made by 'Les sculpteurs de Bulles'.
Click here for the website of 'Les sculpteurs des bulles' |
10
february 2010
Jonathan Intégrale 7-8-9
Here is the cover of the third Intégrale, that will be in
your bookshop 12 february.
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19
january 2010
The Lhahl statue
Some more news about the Lhahl Statue.First about its maker, Max Gillespie. Max Gillespie studied art at
Clermont Ferrand and from 2000 onwards he makes statues of comics characters. Among others
he contributes to many statues of Michel Aroutcheff. Below you see an examples of an
Aroutcheff statue of Tintin (Max sculpted the characters) and a statue of Atalante (comic
character by Crisse).
 
Second: Lhahl herself. The statue will show two versions
of Lhahl, a traditional and a modern version, sitting back to back in a lotus position.
The traditional Lhahl in the album sits in the lotus position, although she is shown from
a large distance (see page 54). The modern Lhahl is not shown in a lotus position in the
album - but look at this image (used on a Christmas card for Raspoutine comics shop in
Lausanne).
Third and last news: below you can download two flyers of
'Les Sculpteurs de Bulles'. The first one is a presentation of the project; the second one
is a subscription form. Both are in French.
Click here for the presentation!
Click here for the subsciption form! |
14
january 2010
A new lottery ticket
The Swiss Tribolo lottery has issues new ticket(s) by Cosey.
The drawing is taken from the story 'Everest' in the Tribolo album 'Tribolo - L'incroyable
aventure' (2007). There is no series of Cosey tickets, just one. Good luck!
Thanks to Bernard Matthey-Doret |
11
january 2010
Cosey, 'Le Bouddha d'Azur' and 'Les
Sculpteurs de Bulles'
The year 2010 starts with an interesting announcement of
'Les Sculpteurs de Bulles'. This is an association that wants to produce statues of comics
heroines... in this case Lhahl, one of the main characters in 'Le Bouddha d'Azur'.
The idea is to make a statue combining the traditional
and the modern Lhahl, both sitting in a Lotus position.
To get the project started, they need us! Please read
their message. The original message is French; the English translation is made by me.
Cosey,
Le Bouddha d'Azur et Les Sculpteurs de Bulles
L'association Les Sculpteurs De Bulles, spécialisée dans la production de statuettes
représentant des héroïnes de Bande Dessinée, souhaite produire pour la fin de l'année 2010
une pièce d'exception tirée de l'oeuvre Le Bouddha d'Azur de Bernard Cosey.La statuette serait une representation de 2 versions du personnage de
Lhahl assises en lotus et dos à dos. D'un coté, Lhahl dans sa version contemporaine, vision
moderne de la femme Tibetaine, telle que representée pages 74 à 78 du tome 2 du Bouddha d'Azur,
lors de sa discussion avec Porridge, et de l'autre cote, Lhahl dans sa version avatar Tulku,
représentation vivante de la memoire ancestrale du Tibet, avatar Bouddique, mémoire incarnée de
la culture Tibetaine, dans son habit traditionnel, telle qu'elle est representée page 54 du tome
2.
Le tirage de cette pièce d'exception, sculptée par Max
Gillespie, serait de 40 exemplaires. La hauteur de cette résine polychrome réalisée à partir
de moules multiples serait d'environ 30 cm.
Le prix de vente par souscription serait de 800 euros. Le prix de
vente public hors souscription serait de 1100 euros.
Les Sculpteurs De Bulles lanceront la production de cette pièce
dès lors que 20 souscripteurs se seront présentés. Il leur sera demandé de verser la somme en
3 paiements à 2 ou 3 mois d'intervalle. Les paiements serviront à payer les droits d'auteur, le
sculpteur et la production, de manière étalée dans le temps pour permettre aux intéréssés de
ne pas avoir à avancer toute la somme en une fois.
Actuellement 4 personnes ont déjà émis le souhait de
participer à cette aventure hors du commun aux côtés d'une association sérieuse et d'un auteur
ayant acquis au fil des ans et de ses oeuvres une notoriété à nulle autre pareille.
Les Sculpteurs De Bulles et Bernard Cosey seraient heureux de
vous compter parmi les futurs acquéreurs de cette pièce d'exception, qui deviendra comme les
autres sculptures de Max Gillespie une référence de qualité dans le monde de la paraBD.
Pour nous contacter et nous faire part de vos encouragements ou
de votre investissement, merci d'écrire à l'adresse : lessculpteursdebulles@laposte.net |
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Cosey,
'Le Bouddha d'Azur' and 'Les Sculpteurs de Bulles'
The association 'Les Sculpteurs De Bulles', specialists of the production of statues of comics
heroines, wants to produce an extraordinary piece, taken from Bernard Cosey's 'Le Bouddha d'Azur',
by the end of 2010.The statue will be a representation of
two versions of the character Lhahl, sitting in the lotus position, back to back. One version
shows Lhahl in a contemporary version - a vision of the modern Tibetan woman - as represented in
the pages 74 till 78 of part 2 of 'Le Bouddha d'Azur, when she is discussing with Porridge; the
other version shows Lhahl in the version 'Avatar Tulku', a living representation of the
traditional Tibetan heritage, the Bouddhist avatar, incarnated memory of the Tibetan culture,
dressed in her traditional garment - as represented on page 54 of part 2.
The edition of this exceptional piece, created by Max Gillespie,
will consist of 40 pieces. The height of this polychrome resin statue, made out of multiple
moulds, will be approximately 30 cm.
Sales price by subscription will be 800 euros. The public sales
price without subscription will be 1100 euros.
'Les Sculpteurs De Bulles' will start the production of this
pieces when 20 subscribers are found. They will be asked to pay the amount in 3 payments, with 2
to 3 months intervals. The payments will be used to pay for the copyrights, the sculptor and the
production - stretched over time as to avoid the subscibers to pay the total amount at once.
At this moment, 4 subscribers have indicated they want to
participate in this extraordinary adventure, in cooperation with a serious association and an
author, who has acquired through the years and by his art an incomparable notoriety.
'Les Sculpteurs De Bulles' and Bernard Cosey would be happy to
have you as future buyers of this exceptional piece, that will become a quality reference in the
world of ParaBD, like the other statues of Max Gillespie.
To contact us, to send us your encouragements or you investment,
please write to: lessculpteursdebulles@laposte.net |
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29
december 2009
Best wishes!
Best wishes to all visitors of 'The World of Cosey'!
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15
december 2009
Intégrale tome 3
The third volume of Jonathan Intégrale is announced for
february 2010. It will collect the stories 7-8-9. I look forward to the redrawn cover of
'Kate'! |
27
october 2009 (2)
Re-edition of the Signé albums
Lombard is going to publish a new edition of Cosey's two
albums in its 'Signé' collection. It will be a box containing 'À la recherche de Peter
Pan' and 'Zélie Nord-Sud'. The box is announced for 4 december 2009.
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27
october 2009
Intégrale 4-5-6
Here is the cover for the second Intégrale, announced for
13 november. A remake of the cover of 'L'espace bleu entre les nuages'.. with some
remarkable differences (check yourself!).
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26
october 2009
Messages from the Swiss Alps...
I have been writng to Cosey about the Intégrales, some of
the information I want to share with you.Cosey is
very happy with the Intégrale. He loves the paper for the cover as well as the interior
of the book. He is also very satisfied by the work of the graphic designers (Eric Laurin
and Rebekah Paulovich-Boucly): 'I am very content with the lay-out and graphic design
of the dossiers. I am very demanding, and often disappointed... but with this work I am
truly delighted.'
About the colour corrections made by Nicolas Cardeilhac:
'The digital 'reouches' of the colours have been executed on my indications. The colour
corrections will end with 'Neal and Sylvester' - the colours done by Freymond do not
require any correction. And, according to me, I think my colour work after that is
acceptable.'
The colour correction have only been applied to improve
the regularity of the colour tones: 'The colour correction consisted of fading away
brush strokes, irregularities, stains and correcting the colours that are out of borders
or lines (...). I did not want to change the hues of the colours themselves - I could as
well have done all colours anew.'
The Intégrales will collect the albums strictly per 3
albums: 1-2-3, 4-5-6, etc. In this way, the stories 12 (Celui qui mène...) and 13
(Songrong), that can be considered as two parts of one story, will be separated. The fifth
Intégrale will contain only two albums: 13 and 14. 'This Intégrale will be enriched
with an important dossier (double the size of the others) with more sketches, pencil
drawings, unknown aquarels. (...) When Jonathan 15 will appear - which I wish, but for
which I have not yet any idea - it will appear as an individual album. And you will have
to await the albums 16 and 17 before they will be combined in a new Intégrale.'
Of course I asked Cosey about new albums. All he wanted
to tell me is that he is working on a new project, to appear at the beginning of 2011. |
24
october 2009
Asterix 50 years
On the occasion of Asterix' 50th anniversary, Cosey made
this drawing for the Lausanne newspaper '24 Heures'.
Thanks to Bernard Matthey-Doret |
7
october 2009
Jonathan Intégrale (again)
This 'news' message is just to inform you that I have made
my webpage about the Jonathan Intégrale.I bought
the book last weekend, and I have to admit I can hardly put it down. It really is a
jewel... this edition is so very good (colours, printing, paper) that these old Jonathan
stories become new, fresh, crisp. You should all buy it - no excuses!
Click here! |
1
october 2009
Cosey avant 'Jonathan' sur BD Zoom
On BD Zoom, you can read a very well documented article
about Cosey before Jonathan. And, I must add, Cosey 'next to' Jonathan. The article is
about Cosey's first steps as a comic artist, his work with Derib, and the comics he made
for various purposes like publicity, collective albums, hommages, etc.
Click here!
Thanks to Annette |
29
september 2009
Just for fun: Jonathan Intégrales
You may be surprised, but the recent Jonathan Intégrale is
not the first collection of Jonathan stories.Below,
you see two older collection albums.
 
The first is a Spanish edition from 1981. It has two stories, 'Pieds nus...' and 'Le
berceau...'. These are the numbers 3 and 4 of the Jonathan series, so it is strange to see
'Nos 1-2' printed on the cover.
The second album is a dutch edition of 1991. The book collects three stories: 'Le
berceau...', 'Douniacha' and 'Greyshore Island'. These are the numbers 4, 6 and 11 of the
series. The strangest thing is that 'Greyshore Island', volume two of Jonathans USA
adventure, is printed without its volume one ('Oncle Howard...').
If you know more Jonathan Intégrales
(French editions, perhaps?), please let me know! |
21
september 2009
Lombard video interview with Cosey
 Le Lombard has published a video interview with Cosey on its
DailyMotion channel. The interview is about Jonathan in general; nothing specific about
the new Intégral. Cosey talks about the first Jonathan, the music of the albums (on the
back side of the albums), etc. The overview page of DailyMotion also has a link to the
beautiful trailer for Jonathan 14.
Then, the first pages of the Jonathan Intégrale can be
previewed on the Lomabrd website. For a direct link to the album, follow the second link
below. You will see that the colours of the pages are 'digitally enhanced', resulting in
brighter, more intense colours. I am curious to see how the colours will be in print!
Click here for the videos!
Click here for preview of Jonathan Intégrale!
Thanks to Fabien Rivenet (Le Lombard) |
21
september 2009
Tribune de Genève
The Swiss newspaper 'Tribune de Genève' published a review
of the Jonathan Intégrale. You can read it on their website. Click here!
Thanks to Annette Maudoux |
14
september 2009
Cosey in L'Hebdo
 The 9 september issue of the Swiss magazine
L'Hebdo is filled with drawings - for page 36-37, Cosey made this drawing about Israel.
Thanks to Bernard Matthey-Doret
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14
september 2009
Jonathan Intégrale - the folder
Here are some pages from the folder
promoting the Jonathan Intégrale - just to warm us up! And... the Jonathan Intégrale
tome 2 (with the albums 4-5-6) is announced for 13 november 2009!!
Thanks to Dinu Logoz
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8
september 2009
Cosey on DVD
Arcades Video announces a series of DVD's on
comic strip artists: BD Story. This is the one about Cosey, together with Lax and Conrad.
The DVD will be published on 22 september, but it can already be pre-ordered from various
webshops.At this moment, I cannot tell you
anything about the contents of the DVD. Wait and see...
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2
september 2009
Cover for Jonathan Intégrale 1
A larger image of the Jonathan Intégrale.
And: read the interview with Cosey about the Jonathan Intégrale on the site of Le Matin.
Thanks to Bernard Matthey-Doret
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10
august 2009
Found it: the cover for Jonathan Intégrale 1
At last I have found a very tiny image of
the cover of the Jonathan Intégrale Tome 1, that will be available on 25 September. The
cover is a new drawing of the 'old' cover of the first Jonathan - with very bright
colours.
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4
august 2009
Quai des bulles - St. Malo
Last year in Saint Malo (F), Cosey was
crowned with the 'Bonnet d'âne' (Donkey hat) at the Quai des Bulles festival. For the
2009 festival, he has made the poster.
You can read more information about the festival and
order the poster on the website of Quai des Bulles.
Click here!
Thanks to Dinu Logoz |
6
july 2009
Jonathan - Intégrale tome 1
The first volume of the 'Jonathan
Intégrale' is announced for 25 september 2009. It will contain the first three stories of
Jonathan. I could not find a picture of the cover... |
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June 2009
An interview with Cosey
Sometimes, I wished I lived in
Switzerland... many of Cosey's works (apart from his comics, of course) are published in
local/regional magazines, advertisings or posters. A few weeks ago, however, I found out
that the flemish magazine 'Stripgids' had published an interview with Cosey - so here we
have this rare dutch language publication! The magazine was published in February, but I
only managed to get a copy two weeks ago (sometimes, Belgium seems so far...).
The interview is written by Toon Horsten, and it is a
nice interview indeed, with very nice photos by Bart van der Moeren. For Cosey-watchers
not so much news - mainly because Cosey is so very consistent in his interviews over the
past years.
But in the interview Cosey teaches us, 'close
Cosey-readers' a nice little lesson in modesty... Take your album of 'ELLE' and look at
the title page: 'What is this?' Cosey asks the interviewer. The interviewer:
'I don't know'.
Cosey: 'Damn! Ai. This is bizarre. I am afraid I have
to face the truth: sometimes I overestimate my readers. (turns to the last page of
the album). I will give you the answer. Look: here - in the fifth message Jonathan
writes to Cosey - he talks about a little handiwork paper lantern. This is what is drawn
on the title page. For your defence, I can tell you that the reader is not used to seeking
answers to a certain question on a title page. Therefore, I like to put an image from
Jonathan's youth on the title page. It is outside the story, but still, it refers to the
story. I hoped the reader would make the connection between the title page and the story,
after reading the album and leafing through it another time'.
Well, did you?
© Bart van der Moeren/Stripgids 2009 |
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June 2009
Video Cosey on France24
Only today I discovered this video, made in
February 2008. It is a nice little portrait, a fine replacement for the 'Racines' tv-show
which appears to have disappeared from the web (at least, I cannot play it anymore).Cosey talks (among other things) about the Jonathan character and
his way of working (he shows some photgraphs made in Birma).
 
 
Click here! |
13
May 2009
New on 'The World of Cosey': NEWS!!
For some years I have collected all kinds of
Cosey news: interviews, reviews, announcements by Lombard or Dupuis (or other publishers).
I took quotes from them for my Books section or for my Dossiers, and publications with new
art work were collected in 'Other Works'.But from
today, I will share them as soon as I can on a this NEWS page! I hope you will contribute
to it, especially my Swiss readers - because from Holland Cosey works are easily missed.
To make a good start, I have listed some of the best
interviews on the web on this page. Some of them are video, one dates from 1999. As you
will probably know, sometimes information is lost on the web - I apologise for any of the
links that don't work (please let me know). This NEWS page really starts from 2009 - with
three interesting publications already. I hope to add new information soon.
Enjoy,
Roger Klaassen |
April
2009
Spirou 3704
An interview with Cosey, and a one page
strip appeared in Spirou 3704.
Thanks to Dinu Logoz
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April
2009
Cosey Cheese?
In Bruno Marchand's 'Quelques pas vers la
lumière, part 2: Le voyage improbable', we see a small truck passing in the background
(the scene is set in Lausanne). When we look a bit closer, we read 'Fromages Cosey &
Co'.
From 'Jonathan 9: Le Privilège du Serpent' we already knew Cosey had some cheese makers
expertise - we now know it is a real business! 
Thanks to Dinu Logoz
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March
2009
Cosey the 'Manga-artist'
In the magazine of 'Bonviva' (a magazine of
the Swiss banking firm Crédit Suisse) Cosey is presented as a 'Manga-artist'... Anyhow, a
new strip (two pages originally, I think, but cut and spread over three pages in the
magazine) by Cosey talks a little about manga.For
all people interested: Cosey is giving two lectures (together with Swiss connaisseur Cuno
Affolter): in Geneva on 18 June, in Widen on 24 June.
Of course, I would appreciate a 'report' by any of the
visitors!
Thanks to Dinu Logoz
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January
2009
Festival international de la BD d'Angoulême
Jonathan 14 was elected to the 'Sélection
Officielle' of the Festival international de la BD d'Angoulême. An interview from the
Festival was broadcasted on FNAClive.
Click
here! |
January
2009
Music in the Alps
Cosey made the poster for a musical festival in Les
Diablerets.
Thanks to Bernard Matthey-Doret
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november 2008
Interview 'ELLE ou Dix Milles Lucioles'
A very nice interview by Thierry Lemaire
(blogger of 'Voyage au centre de la BD') with Cosey, on Jonathan 14. A shortened interview
appeared in the magazine 'Zoo'. On his site, Thierry publishes the entire interview!
Click
here!
Thanks to Thierry Lemaire |
November
2007
Coolture
A nice little interview on Coolture.
Click
here! |
7
july 2007
A walk with Cosey
A walk in the Swiss Alps with Cosey; a
little tourist information on the region around Les Diablerets on the site of '24 Heures'.
Click here! |
4
march 2007
15 minutes with Cosey
An interview for Swiss tv show 'Racines'
('Roots'). Very interesting! The video shows Cosey at work; Cosey at home; Cosey meeting
Derib, Cosey meeting François Matille.
Click here! |
4
december 2005
Cosey Sunday
A Swiss tv show on how Cosey spends his
Sundays.
Click here! |
7
october 2005
Interview about 'Le Bouddha d'Azur'
Cosey presents his new album 'Le Bouddha
d'Azur' on the Swiss television (as part of a news program).
Click here! |
4
january 2002
Interview about 'Jonathan 13'
Interview with Cosey on BDSélection about
Jonathan 13: La Saveur du Songrong.
Click
here! |
1999
Interview about 'Zeke raconte des histoires'
An interview with Cosey on the site of BD
Paradisio; on the occasion of 'Zeke raconte des histoires'.
Click here! |