Jean-Pierre Gibrat

Jean-Pierre Gibrat was born on April 14, 1954, in France. He is best known as both a comic artist and scriptwriter, with his earliest complete stories appearing in the French magazine *Pilote*. In 1978, he collaborated with writer Jackie Berroyer on the series *le petit Goudard*, which later ran in *Charlie Mensuel* and *Fluide Glacial*. During the 1980s, Gibrat’s illustration work also appeared in periodicals such as *L'Événement du jeudi*, *le Nouvel Obs*, *Sciences et Avenir*, *Okapi*, and *Je bouquine*. He penciled *La Parisienne* for *Pilote* in 1982, again with Berroyer scripting, and in 1985, he drew *l'Empire sous la mer* for *Télé Poche* on texts by Saval, featuring the canine character Zaza. Gibrat’s signature work emerged later with the graphic novel *Le sursis* (1997), followed by its second volume in 1999, and *Le vol du Corbeau* (2002) with its sequel in 2005, all published by Dupuis. His catalog credits him as artist, colorist, inker, letterer, and writer on 39 issues from 1980 to 2023, with his most-credited titles including *Mattéo*, *Pinocchia*, and *Der Aufschub*. Gibrat’s later legacy is defined by these multi-volume historical dramas, which have earned him a respected place among European comic creators.